page_title: 9th Gorkha Rifles
section_title: Designations
hierarchical_section_title: 9th Gorkha Rifles / Designations
caption_attribution_description: English: British &amp; Indian officers 9th Gurkhas at their headquarters in France [St Floris].
context_page_description: The 9th Gorkha Rifles is a Gorkha regiment of the Indian Army. The regiment was initially formed by the British in 1817, and was one of the Gurkha regiments transferred to the Indian Army after independence as part of the tripartite agreement in 1947. This Gorkha regiment mainly recruits soldiers who come from the Chhetri and Thakuri clans of Nepal. Domiciled Indian Gorkhas are also taken, and they form about 20 percent of the regiment's total strength. The 9 Gorkha Rifles is one of the seven Gorkha regiments of the Indian Army. The other regiments are 1 GR, 3 GR, 4 GR, 5 GR, 8 GR and 11 GR.
context_section_description: The regiment has existed since 1817 under the following designations:
  1817–1819: Fatagarh Levy
  1819–1824: Mianpuri Levy
  1824–1861: 63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  1861–1885: 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  1885–1894: 9th Regiment of Bengal Infantry
  1894–1901: 9th (Gurkha Rifle) Bengal Infantry
  1903–1947: 9th Gurkha Rifles
  1950–present: 9 Gorkha Rifles
caption: British and Indian officers 9th Gurkhas at their headquarters (Photo 24-59) in France. July 1915
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