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14th Battalion, Maratha Light Infantry — Wikipedia (en)

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The 14th Battalion, Maratha Light Infantry (Marathi: १४वी बटॅलियन, दी मराठा लाइट इन्फेंट्री) is a battalion of infantry in the Indian Army. It was initially raised as the 14th battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry on 1 February 1941, at Ambala by Lieutenant Colonel E. S. Storey-Cooper, OBE, MC, – a regular British Indian Army officer of the 2nd battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry who was holding a position on the staff of GHQ India up to that time. The battalion proceeded to Dacca, in Eastern Bengal, for a term of internal security duty in the autumn of the same year. In February 1942 the 14th battalion moved across India to undergo a period of training at Campbellpore (now known as Attock, Pakistan). In October 1942 the 14th battalion embarked for service in the Indian Ocean as the defence garrison of the tiny Addu Atoll, which was a base vital to the aircraft patrolling of the sea routes and a possible object of Japanese attack. At the end of 1943 the battalion returned to India for a period of special training, in the Ahmednagar and Bombay areas, in amphibious operations with the role of Beach Group to the 33rd Indian Corps. It was during this period, and following the disastrous explosion of April 1944, that the battalion performed notable service in clearing away the debris from the wrecked Bombay Docks. In the last weeks of the war in Europe, during February 1945, the 14th battalion proceeded overseas for service in Iraq. Soon after the completion of its tour of duty there, the battalion was disbanded following the end of the Second World War. Thereafter, the battalion was re-raised as a regular Infantry Battalion, designated the 14th battalion, Maratha Light Infantry at Belgaum on 1 June 1971, a few months prior to its induction into the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Lieutenant Colonel RK Dutt was the first Commanding Officer of the battalion. Since its re-raising, 14 MARATHA LI has served in almost every conceivable type of terrain and operation. The unit has been deployed in the icy heights of North Sikkim, as also the arid Thar Desert. The soldiers have earned a name for themselves and their regiment in every exercise or operation they have been a part of.

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