LIST OF THE VARIOUS NAMES BORNE BY THE REGIMENT
| 1817 | Cuttack Legion |
| 1823 | Rangpur Local Battalion, 8th Rangpur Light Infantry |
| 1827 | Assam Light Infantry |
| 1844 | 1st Assam Light Infantry |
| 1861 | 46th Bengal Native Infantry |
| 1865 | 42nd Assam Regiment of Native Infantry (Light Infantry) |
| 1885 | 42nd Bengal Infantry |
| 1886 | 42nd Gurkha Light Infantry |
| 1891 | 42nd Gurkha Rifle Regiment of Bengal Infantry |
| 1901 | 42nd Gurkha Rifles |
| 1903 | 6th Gurkha Rifles |
| 1948 | 6th Gurkha Rifles, The Gurkha Regiment 6th Gurkha Rifles |
| 1959 | 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles |