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|caption= Bren gunners of the 3/9th Jats in action against Indonesian nationalists in [[Surabaya]], [[Java]].
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The '''9th Jat Regiment''' was an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.

==World War II==
The Regiment saw a great deal of fighting with the Jats showing their mettle in [[North African Campaign|North Africa]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Burma Campaign|Burma]], [[Battle of Malaya|Malaya]], [[Battle of Singapore|Singapore]], and [[Java]]-[[Sumatra]]. A large number of gallantry awards were won including a [[Victoria Cross]] (by [[Jemadar]] [[Abdul Hafiz (VC)|Abdul Hafiz]]) and two [[George Cross]]es (by [[Islam-ud-Din]] and [[Abdul Rahman (GC)|Abdul Rahman]]). At the end of the war the Regiment, in company with other regiments of the Indian Infantry, dropped the numeral 9 from its title and became simply the [[Jat Regiment]]. After independence it was allocated to the new [[Indian Army]]. The Regiment at independence had about 1/4th or 25% Muslims recruited from [[Panwar]] Rajput Muslims from around Rohtak and Hisar, [[Haryana]] and from Muslim Jats in [[Montgomery (town), British India|Montgomery]] and [[Okara, Pakistan|Okara]] in West Punjab, in all-Muslim companies of the 10th Jats and 6th Jat Light Infantry. The Muslim companies and platoons were merged into the [[Bahawalpur Regiment]] and the [[130th Baluchis]] as the families of the soldiers moved to Pakistan upon partition. They were replaced by widened recruitment of Haryana Gujjars and Ahirs from around Rohtak and Gurgaon.

==Formation==
*1st Battalion ex [[6th Jat Light Infantry]]
*2nd Battalion ex [[119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)]]
*3rd Battalion ex [[10th Jats]]
*4th Battalion ex [[18th Infantry]]
*10th (Training) Battalion ex 2nd Battalion, 6th [[Jat]] Light Infantry<ref>Sharma, p.159</ref>

===Formed in World War II===
*7th Battalion
*8th Battalion
*9th Battalion
*14th Battalion
*15th Battalion <ref>Sharma, p160</ref>

==See also==
* [[Jat people]]
* [[Jat Regiment]]
* [[List of Jats]]
* [[Jat Mahasabha]]
* [[World Jat Aryan Foundation]]
* [[Dev Samhita]]
* [[Origin of Jat people from Shiva's Locks]]
* [[Jat reservation agitation]]
* [[20th Lancers (British Indian Army)|20th Lancers]]
* [[10th Jats]]
* [[14th Murray's Jat Lancers]]
* [[6th Jat Light Infantry]]

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1922]]
[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II|R]]
[[Category:Military units and formations in British Malaya in World War II|R]]

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