129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis The 129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1846 as the 2nd Bellochee Battalion . It was designated as the 129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis in 1903 , and became 4th Battalion ( Duke of Connaught ' s Own ) 10th Baluch Regiment in 1922 . In 1947 , it was allocated to Pakistan Army , where it continues to exist as 11th Battalion of The Baloch Regiment . Early History . The regiment was raised on 6 May 1846 at Karachi on the orders of General Sir Charles Napier , the British Governor of Sindh . Its manpower was mostly drawn from Balochis , Sindhis and Pathans of Sindh . Later , it also recruited Brahuis and Punjabi Muslims , while the recruitment area was extended to include Baluchistan , North - West Frontier Province and the Punjab . In 1856 , the battalion was dispatched to Persia and fought in the Anglo - Persian War . In the post - Mutiny realignment , it was brought into line in 1861 and became the 29th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry or the 2nd Belooch Regiment . In 1862 , the regiment went to China to suppress the Taiping Rebellion . Two years later , they became the first foreign troops to be stationed in Japan , when two companies were sent to Yokohama to guard the British legation . In 1878 - 80 , the 2nd Belooch Regiment fought in the Second Afghan War , followed by the Anglo - Egyptian War of 1882 . In 1883 , the Duke of Connaught was appointed their Colonel - in - Chief . Subsequent to the reforms brought about in the Indian Army by Lord Kitchener in 1903 , all former Bombay Army units had 100 added to their numbers . Consequently , the regiment ' s designation was changed to 129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis . In 1912 , General Sir Garrett O ' Moore Creagh , VC , GCB , GCSI , Commander - in - Chief , Indian Army was appointed Colonel of the 129th DCO Baluchis . He was a former Commanding Officer of the regiment . The regimental full dress uniform in 1914 included a rifle green turban and " kurta " ( knee length tunic ) piped in red , worn with red trousers and white gaiters . The red trousers were a distinctive feature of all five Baluch infantry regiments then serving in the Indian Army . During the First World War , the 129th DCO Baluchis served on the Western Front in France and Belgium , where they became the first Indian regiment to attack the Germans and the only Indian regiment to fight in both the First & Second Battles of Ypres . At Hollebeke , during the First Ypres , Sepoy Khudadad Khan became the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross ; Britain ' s highest decoration for valour . The regiment also fought in the Battles of Messines 1914 , Armentières 1914 , Festubert 1914 , Givenchy 1914 and Neuve Chapelle . From France , the regiment proceeded to German East Africa and again distinguished itself in the long and difficult campaign . The German commander , General von Lettow - Vorbeck , said of them : " " . . . the 129th Baluchis . . . were without a doubt very good " " . The regiment suffered a staggering 3585 casualties out of the 4447 officers and men , who served with it in the First World War . In 1918 , the regiment raised a second battalion . Both 1st & 2nd Battalions 129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis fought in the Third Afghan War of 1919 , while the 2nd Battalion also served in Iraq during the Iraqi revolt against the British in 1920 . The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1922 . Subsequent History . In 1922 , the regiment was grouped with five other Baluch battalions : 1st & 2nd Battalions of 124th Duchess of Connaught ' s Own Baluchistan Infantry , 126th Baluchistan Infantry , 127th Queen Mary ' s Own Baluch Light Infantry and the 130th King George ' s Own Baluchis ( Jacob ' s Rifles ) , to form the 10th Baluch Regiment . The 129th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Baluchis were designated as the 4th Battalion ( Duke of Connaught ' s Own ) 10th Baluch Regiment . During the Second World War , 4 / 10th Baluch served in Italian East Africa , North Africa and Italy . The battalion ' s performance in the war was once again highly commendable . It suffered a total of 1677 casualties and received numerous gallantry awards . On the Partition of India in 1947 , the battalion , along with the Baluch Regiment was allocated to Pakistan Army . In the 1948 Indo - Pakistan War , the battalion captured the strategic heights of Pandu in Kashmir . In 1956 , on the merger of 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiment s with the Baluch Regiment , 4 Baluch was redesignated as 11 Baluch ( now 11 Baloch ) . During the Indo - Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971 , the battalion fought with distinction in the Lahore and Zafarwal Sectors .