32nd Indian Infantry Brigade
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The 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in January 1941, in India and assigned to the HQ Western Independent District until April 1942. It was then assigned to the 20th Indian Infantry Division until the end of the war, with short attachments to the 23rd Indian Infantry Division in April 1944 and the 17th Indian Infantry Division from April to July 1944.

Composition

  • 8/1st Punjab Regiment
    1st Punjab Regiment
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     July 1941 to January 1942
  • 5/19th Hyderabad Regiment
    19th Hyderabad Regiment
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     October 1941 to July 1942
  • 3/8th Gurkha Rifles April 1942 to August 1945
  • 4/10th Gurkha Rifles April 1942 to June 1943
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    Northamptonshire Regiment
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     July 1942 to April 1945
  • 9/14th Punjab Regiment
    14th Punjab Regiment
    The 14th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment....

     June 1943 to August 1945 9/14 Punjab Regiment Indian
  • 1/4th Gurkha Rifles April to May 1944
  • 4/2nd Gurkha Rifles November to December 1944 and April 1945
  • 1/1st Gurkha Rifles April 1945
  • 1/19th Hyderabad Regiment
    19th Hyderabad Regiment
    The 19th Hyderabad Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed following the post World War I reforms of the Indian Army when they moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...

    June to July 1945
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