It initially served on the North West Frontier in:[1] From May to October 1945 the battalion participated in the Burma campaign as part of 23rd Indian Infantry Division.

[2] Its companies provided machine gun support to the 1st, 37th, and 49th Indian Infantry Brigades.

[4] From April 1946 it transferred to the Buitenzorg Brigade when the remainder of the division returned to India.

Sikhs and Gujars in the battalion were exchanged with Muslims from units allocated to the Indian Army.

In January 1948 the battalion was deactivated but was raised again in October 1948, in response to the Kashmir War with India.