The 7th Rajputs were an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 of the Bengal Army

Bengal Army

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, later of the united British Indian Army

British Indian Army

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. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 1st Battalion, 24th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years the regiment became known by a number of different titles. The 69th Bengal Native Infantry 1824–1828), the 47th Bengal Native Infantry 1828–1861, the 7th Bengal Native Infantry 1861–1883, the
7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bengal Native Infantry 1883–1893, the 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry 1893–1903 and finally after the Kitchener reforms

Kitchener Reforms

The Kitchener Reforms of the Indian Army began in 1903 when Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, completed the unification of the three armies of the former Presidencies , and also the Punjab Frontier Force, the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces, into one...

 of the Indian Army when the names of the presidencies were dropped 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs. During this time the regiment took part in the First Anglo-Sikh War

First Anglo-Sikh War

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, the Second Opium War

Second Opium War

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, the Sudan Campaign, the Boxer Rebellion

Boxer Rebellion

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 and World War I

World War I

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. After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. the 7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajputs now became the 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment

7th Rajput Regiment

The 7th Rajput Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...

. After India gained its independence this was one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army

Indian Army

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