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[https://akhilchiatanya.com The] '''6th Jat Light Infantry''' were an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Bengal Army]], later of the united [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1803, when they were the 1st Battalion, 22nd [[Bengal Native Infantry]]. Over the years they were known by a number of different names the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry 1824&ndash;1842, the 43rd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1842&ndash;1861, the 6th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry 1861&ndash; after the [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army the 6th [[Jat]] Bengal (Light) Infantry. The regiment was involved in the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]], the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and [[World War I]]. After World War I the Indian Government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner, p.15</ref> The 6th Jat Light Infantry became the new 1st Battalion, [[9th Jat Regiment]]. After India gained independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Jat people]]<br />
* [[Jat Regiment]]<br />
* [[List of Jats]]<br />
* [[Jat Mahasabha]]<br />
* [[World Jat Aryan Foundation]]<br />
* [[Dev Samhita]]<br />
* [[Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks]]<br />
* [[Jat reservation agitation]]<br />
* [[20th Lancers (British Indian Army)|20th Lancers]]<br />
* [[10th Jats]]<br />
* [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]<br />
* [[9th Jat Regiment]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
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[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1803]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]<br />
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]<br />
[[Category:1803 establishments in the British Empire]]<br />
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