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119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)

Field	Value
unit_name	119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment)
image	Rajputana infantry aclovett.jpg
image_size	300
caption	A depiction of a subedar of the 119th Infantry (third from left) amongst other British Indian Army troops in the full dress uniforms of 1911.
dates	1817–1922
country	British India
branch
type	Infantry
command_structure	Bombay Army (to 1895)
Bombay Command
colors	Red; faced deep yellow, 1882 yellow
battles	First Afghan War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Second Afghan War
World War I

Bombay Command Second Anglo-Sikh War Second Afghan War World War I

The 119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment originated in 1817, when it was raised as the 1st Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.

The regiment's first action was in the Battle of Ghazni in the First Afghan War. After Afghanistan it took part in the Siege of Multan in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. It returned to Afghanistan in the Second Afghan War and took part in the Siege of Multan. During World War I it was attached to the 6th (Poona) Division and served in the Mesopotamian campaign. It fought in the Battle of Basra, the Battle of Qurna, the Battle of Es Sinn before suffering a setback at the Battle of Ctesiphon, after which it withdrew to Kut. Trapped in the city in the Siege of Kut the regiment was forced to surrender after 147 days. A second battalion was raised from men on leave and reinforcements, and sent to Mesopotamia.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single-battalion to multi-battalion regiments. In 1922 the 119th Infantry (The Molten Regiment) became the 2nd (Mooltan Battalion), The 9th Jat Regiment. After independence it was one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.

Predecessor names

1st Battalion, 10th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1817–1824
19th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry – 1824–1885
19th Bombay Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) – 1885–1903
119th Infantry (The Mooltan Regiment) - 1903–1922
2nd (Mooltan) Battalion, The 9th JAT Regiment - 1922–1947

A rare photograph of the Multan regiment, circa 1895.

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