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Rajputana Rifles
The Rajputana Rifles is the most senior rifle regiment of the Indian Army. It was originally raised in 1921 as part of the British Indian Army, when six previously existing regiments were amalgamated to form six battalions of the 6th Rajputana Rifles. In 1945 the numeral designation was dropped from the title and in 1947 the regiment was transferred to the newly independent Indian Army. Since independence, the regiment has been involved in a number of conflicts against Pakistan, as well as contributing to the Custodian Force (India) in Korea under the aegis of the United Nations in 1953-54 and to the UN Mission to the Congo in 1962. As a rifle regiment it uses a bugle horn as its insignia - the same as the British Light Division, but unlike its British counterparts, marches in the same march pace used in the Indian Army as a whole.
==The Name==
The name Rajputana Rifles is derived from the ''Rajput'' a Hindu clan and the word ''Rajputana'' which was the old name of Rajasthan. It is based on the Sanskrit word ''Rajaputra'' meaning son of a king.
Rajputana (räj'pʊtä'nə) is a historic region in NW India, roughly coextensive with the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The name means "land of the Rajputs." Rajput tribal power rose here between the 7th and 13th centuries, and the princes resisted the early Muslim incursions, which began in the 11th century. Rajput power reached its peak in the early 16th century, but the area fell to the Mughals when Akbar captured the Chittorgarh Fort in 1568. From their seat at Ajmer the Mughals ruled Rajputana until the early 18th century. The Marathas held feudatories in the region from c. 1750 to 1818, when it passed to Great Britain. Under the British, Rajputana included more than 20 princely states, notably Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and Ajmer. The internal autonomy of many of the states was guaranteed. Most of these states were incorporated into Rajasthan after India gained independence in 1947.
Region of northwestern India that now comprises Rajasthan state and small sections of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. The Aravalli Range crosses the southern part of the region from northeast to southwest. The northwestern part is largely the Thar desert, but to the southeast the land is extremely fertile. The Rajput princely states came under British protection by treaties in the early 19th century; most of the area was formed into Rajasthan state in 1948. The catchment area or recruitment area for the regiment is mostly from Rajputs and Jats from all over the state of Rajasthan and some western districts of Madhya Pradesh (mainly Mandsaur, Neemuch, and Sheopur). However the Rajputana Rifles both by its name and composition remain strongly associated with the state of Rajasthan and more or less considered Rajasthan's infantry brigade in the Indian Army. This in contrast to the similarly-named Rajput Regiment which is in fact entirely associated with the state of Haryana and some regions of Harit Pradesh and recruits mainly from Rajputs and Jats.
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