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1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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Chronology

  • 1757 formed at Kolkata as the "Lal Pultan" (Red Battalion) ranked as 1st Battalion
  • 1763 named Galliez Battalion after Captain Primrose Galliez
  • 1764 Patna Mutiny
  • 1764 ranked 9th (Galliez) Battalion
  • 1765 posted to the 3rd Brigade
  • 1775 became 16th Battalion
  • 1781 became 10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1784 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 became 17th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 became 2nd Battalion 12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 mutinied at Cawnpore
  • In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 21st Bengal Native Infantry which later became the 1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry.

    References

    1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry Wikipedia