Indian Infantry: 13th Rajputs

In Collaboration With Charles Griffin

Brief History

The Shekhawati Regiment were raised in 1835 as part of the Jaipur contingent and were taken into the Company's service as a local battalion 8 years later. They fought with distinction at Aliwal under Harry Smith in 1846. Remaining loyal during the Mutiny, they were taken into the Bengal line as the 13th Regiment.

From 1856 until 1922 their uniform was red with blue facings (the blue becoming darker in 1870) but they changed to rifle green in 1922 when they became the 10th Battalion 16th Rajputana Rifles.

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Uniforms

Post Mutiny

Principal Campaigns and Battles

	Aliwal
1878 - 80	Afghanistan
	Chitral

Predecessor Units

Infantry of the Shekhawati Brigade
(1835 - 1847)
The Shekhawati Battalion
(1847 - 1861)
13th Bengal Native Infantry
(1861 - 1884)
13th (Shekhawati) Bengal Native Infantry
(1884 - 1897)
13th (Shekhawati) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry
(1897 - 1901)
13th (Shekhawati) Rajput Infantry
(1901 - 1903)

Successor Units

10th (Shekhawati) Bn 6th Rajputana Rifles
(1922 - 1947)

Post-Independence Fate

To India

Suggested Reading

A Matter of Honour
by Philip Mason

India's Army
by Donovan Jackson

Regiments and Corps of the British Army: A Critical Bibliography
by Roger Perkins

Sons of John Company
by John Gaylor

Armies of India
Painted by Lovett, Text by Macmunn

The Indian Army
by Boris Mollo

Forces of the British Empire
by E. Nevins and B. Chandler