List of regiments of the Indian Army (1922)

This is a list of regiments of the Indian Army as it was following the reorganisation of the Indian Armed Forces in 1922.

Regular

 * Governor General's Bodyguard
 * Governor General's Bodyguard, Madras
 * Governor General's Bodyguard, Bombay
 * Governor General's Bodyguard, Bengal
 * 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
 * 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
 * 3rd Cavalry
 * 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
 * 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse
 * 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
 * 7th Light Cavalry
 * 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
 * 9th Royal Deccan Horse
 * 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
 * 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
 * 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
 * 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
 * 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
 * 15th Lancers
 * 16th Light Cavalry
 * 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
 * 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
 * 18th/19th Lancers
 * 20th Lancers
 * 38th/39th King George's Own Light Cavalry - (became The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) in 1923)

Auxiliary

 * The Assam Valley Light Horse
 * The Bihar Light Horse
 * The Bombay Light Horse
 * The Calcutta Light Horse
 * The Chota Nagpur Regiment
 * The Punjab Light Horse
 * The Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles
 * The Surma Valley Light Horse
 * The United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment)
 * The United Provinces Horse (Southern Regiment)

Regular

 * 1st Punjab Regiment
 * 2nd Punjab Regiment
 * 3rd Madras Regiment
 * 4th Bombay Grenadiers
 * 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
 * 6th Rajputana Rifles
 * 7th Rajput Regiment
 * 8th Punjab Regiment
 * 9th Jat Regiment
 * 10th Baluch Regiment
 * 11th Sikh Regiment
 * 12th Frontier Force Regiment
 * 13th Frontier Force Rifles
 * 14th Punjab Regiment
 * 15th Punjab Regiment
 * 16th Punjab Regiment
 * 17th Dogra Regiment
 * 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
 * 19th Hyderabad Regiment
 * 20th Burma Rifles
 * 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
 * 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
 * 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
 * 4th Gurkha Rifles - (became 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles in 1924)
 * 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
 * 6th Gurkha Rifles
 * 7th Gurkha Rifles
 * 8th Gurkha Rifles
 * 9th Gurkha Rifles
 * 10th Gurkha Rifles

Auxiliary Force, India

 * The Allahabad Rifles
 * The Assam Bengal Railway Battalion
 * The Baluchistan Volunteer Rifle Corps
 * The Bangalore Contingent
 * The Bengal & North West Railway Battalion
 * The Bengal Nagpur Railway Battalion
 * The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment
 * The Bombay Volunteer Rifles Corps
 * The Burma Railways Battalion
 * The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion
 * The Calcutta Presidency Battalion
 * The Calcutta Scottish
 * The Cawnpore Rifles
 * The Coorg and Mysore Company
 * The Delhi Contingent
 * The East Coast Battalion
 * The East Indian Railway Regiment
 * The Eastern Bengal Company
 * The Eastern Bengal Railway Battalion
 * The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment
 * The Hyderabad Rifles
 * The Lucknow Rifles
 * The Lucknow Volunteer Rifles
 * The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
 * The Madras Guards
 * The Mussourie Battalion
 * The Nagpur Rifles
 * The Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles
 * The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion
 * The Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
 * The North Western Railway Battalion
 * The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
 * The Poona Rifles
 * The Punjab Rifles
 * The Rangoon Battalion
 * The Simla Rifles
 * The Sind Rifles
 * The South Indian Railway Battalion
 * The Tenasserim Battalion
 * The Upper Burma Battalion

Indian Territorial Force

 * University Training Corps
 * Urban Infantry

The Frontier Corps

 * The Gilgit Scouts
 * The Chitral Scouts
 * The Kurram Militia
 * The Tochi Scouts
 * The South Waziristan Scouts
 * The Zhob Militia
 * The Pishin Scouts (1946-47)
 * Khyber Rifles

Military Police and North-East Frontier units

 * The Malabar Special Police
 * Burma Military Police
 * The Eastern Frontier Rifles, IMP
 * Assam Rifles

Services

 * The Army Bearer Corps
 * The Army Clothing Department
 * The Army Hospital Corps
 * The Army Remount Department
 * The Army Veterinary Corps
 * The Indian Medical Department
 * The Indian Ordnance Department
 * The Military Farms Department
 * Supply and Transport Corps

Support Arms

 * Mountain Artillery
 * 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
 * 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners(numeral omitted 1923)
 * 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
 * 4th Burma Sappers and Miners (numeral omitted 1923)
 * 1st Madras Pioneers
 * 2nd Bombay Pioneers
 * 3rd Sikh Pioneers
 * 4th Hazara Pioneers

Indian State Forces

 * (see separately)

Wartime Units and others formed between 1922 and 1947

 * Field Artillery


 * Women's Army Corps (India)


 * 42nd Cavalry
 * 43rd Cavalry
 * 44th Cavalry
 * 45th Cavalry
 * 46th Cavalry
 * 47th Cavalry
 * 48th Cavalry
 * Indian Long Range Squadron


 * 21st Regiment
 * 22nd Regiment
 * 23rd Regiment
 * 24th Regiment
 * 25th Ajmer Regiment
 * Kumaon Rifles
 * 151 (British) Parachute Battalion
 * 152 (Indian) Parachute Battalion
 * 153 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion
 * 154 (Gurkha) Parachute Battalion
 * Indian Parachute Regiment
 * Indian Ordnance and Mechanical Engineers
 * Indian Hospital Corps formed by amalgamation of Army Hospital and Nursing Corps and the Army Bearer Corps
 * Indian Medical Service formed by amalgamation of the Bengal, Bombay and Madras Medical Services
 * Indian Army Medical Corps formed by amalagamation of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Medical Department, and Indian Hospital Corps