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20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

Regiment of Bengal

Regiment of Bengal

Main article: Bengal Native Infantry

Chronology

  • 1776 raised for the Vizier of Oude under Captain Baillie
  • 1777 incorporated in HEIC service as the 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1784 became the 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 became the 23rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 Mutinied at Meerut 10 May

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry

References

References

  1. (1859). "Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British Forces on the Bengal Establishment". R C Lepage & Co..
  2. "20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki".
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