The 4th Bombay Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the pre-independence Indian Army, formed on 1 March 1922 as part of the reforms of the Indian Army that took place after the end of the First World War. Following this, the Regiment spent the next fifteen years serving in British Somaliland in Africa, in China, and on the North-West Frontier. The 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions were all disbanded and the 10th Battalion amalgamated with the 10th Battalion, Jat Regiment to form a Combined Training Centre at Bareilly. Following the Second World War they were one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army and renamed the The Grenadiers
The regiment consisted of six battalions, all former regiments themselves. These were:
- 1st Battalion - Formerly the 101st Grenadiers.
- 2nd Battalion - Formerly the 102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers
- 3rd Battalion - Formerly the 108th Infantry
- 4th Battalion - Formerly the 109th Infantry
- 5th Battalion - Formerly the 112th Infantry
- 10th (Training) Battalion - Formerly the 113th Infantry
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