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The 48th Infantry Brigade, was raised as the 48 Indian Infantry Brigade, in October 1941, at Secunderabad, India. After an initial tenure with 19th Indian Infantry Division, it was transferred to the 17th Indian Infantry Division. In World War II it participated in the Burma campaign and in April 1942 was attached to 1st Burma Division. After the war the brigade returned to India as an independent brigade, and was located at Dhond in August 1947.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Order of Battle )〕 After India gained Independence in 1947, 48 Indian Infantry Brigade was re-designated as 48 Infantry Brigade. Since then 48 infantry brigade has seen action Goa in 1961, as part of 17 Infantry Division; in the 1962 War in Kameng Frontier Division, Arunachal Pradesh, as part of 4th Infantry Division; and in the 1971 war, as part of 7th Infantry Division. Since the 1970s, 48 Infantry Brigade has been located in Ferozpur, Punjab, as part of 7 Infantry Division.〔Richard A. Renaldi and Ravi Rikhe, 'Indian Army Order of Battle,' Orbat.com for Tiger Lily Books: A division of General Data LLC, ISBN 978-0-9820541-7-8, 2011, p 161-168〕 == World War II== During the war the following Units were under the Brigade: *1st Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles October 1941 to June 1942 *1st Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles October 1941 to March 1943 *2nd Battalion, 5th Gurkha Rifles May 1943 to September 1944 *1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles February to August 1945 *1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles April 1942 *5th Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment February to March 1942 *8th Battalion, Burma Rifles February 1942 *3rd Battalion, Burma Rifles February 1942 *1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) March to April 1942 *4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment January to October 1943 and March 1944 and January to August 1945 *9th Battalion, Border Regiment July 1943 to August 1944 *1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment August 1944 to August 1945 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Order of Battle )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「48th Indian Infantry Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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