2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
A Benet-Mercier machine gun section of 2nd Rajput Light Infantry in action in Flanders, during the winter of 1914-15
Active1798-1922
CountryIndian Empire
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
Part ofBengal Army (to 1895),
Bengal Command
ColorsRed; faced buff, 1879 blue.
EngagementsDelhi
Laswaree
Deig
1825 - 26 Bhurtpore
Khelet
1838 - 42 Afghanistan
Maharajpore
1849 Punjab
Chillianwallah
Goojerat
Central India
1879 - 80 Afghanistan
1885 - 87 Burma
1900 China
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefKing Edward VII (1904)
Colonel of
the Regiment
Brigadier-General F. A. Smith (1921)

The 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, commonly shortened to 2nd Rajputs, was a regiment of the British Indian Army. Raised in 1798, it was amalgamated with five other Rajput regiments in 1922.