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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name=7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs
|image=
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|dates=1798-1922
|country=[[British Raj|Indian Empire]]
|branch=Army
|type=Infantry
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|command_structure=[[Bengal Army]] (to 1895) [[Bengal Command]]
|garrison=
|ceremonial_chief=[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]] (1904)
|ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|nickname=
|motto=
|colors=Red; faced yellow
|colors_label=Uniform
|march=
|mascot=
|battles=Moodkee Ferozeshah Aliwal Sobraon 1858 - 59 China 1882 Egypt 1882 Tel-el-Kebir 1900 China
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The '''7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs''' were an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Bengal Army]], later of the united [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 1st Battalion, 24th [[Bengal Native Infantry]]. Over the years the regiment became known by a number of different titles. The 69th Bengal Native Infantry 1824–1828, the 47th Bengal Native Infantry 1828–1861, the 7th Bengal Native Infantry 1861–1883, the
7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bengal Native Infantry 1883–1893, the 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry 1893–1903 and finally after the [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army when the names of the presidencies were dropped 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs. During this time the regiment took part in the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]], the [[Second Opium War]], the [[Sudan Campaign]], 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 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs now became the 3rd Battalion [[7th Rajput Regiment]]. After India gained its independence this was one of the regiments allocated to the new [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/7thrajputs.htm|title = The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies}}</ref>

==References==
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==Publications==
*Rawlinson, H G, The History of the 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), Oxford University Press, London, 1941
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1798]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion]]
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:1798 establishments in the British Empire]]

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