Battle of Elephant Point, they cleared Japanese rearguards from the defences, but the main Japanese garrison had evacuated Rangoon several days previously. The subsequent landings from the sea were unopposed. Later Operations The division was preparing to take part in the projected invasions of Malaya and Singapore when the war ended unexpectedly. The division provided small airborne parties that landed in Japanese-occupied territories ahead of the main Allied forces, locating camps containing Allied prisoners of war and interned civilians, and delivering emergency relief supplies. The 44 Indian Airborne Division moved to Bilaspur in June 1945. The division was then re-named the 2nd Indian Airborne Division and was retained until the Partition of India, when it was disbanded on 14/15 August 1947. One parachute brigade and some divisional units went to Pakistan, the other two brigades and the remaining units went to India. Order of Battle, as of 1 May 1945 General Officer Commanding - Major General Earnest Edward Down Commander, Royal Artillery - Brigadier Reginald John Kirton 14th British Airlanding Brigade - Brigadier Francis William Gibb 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) 4th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles 6th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment 50th Indian Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Edward Galbraith Woods 16th (Staffords) Battalion, Parachute Regiment 1st Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment 77th Indian Parachute Brigade - Brigadier Claude John Wilkinson 15th (King's) Battalion, Parachute Regiment 2nd Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment 4th Battalion, Indian Parachute Regiment Divisional Units 123rd (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 159th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 23rd Light Anti-Aircraft / Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery External links References Indian World War II divisions British Indian Army divisions Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1947 Military units and formations of the British Empire in World War II