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1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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Regiment of Bengal
the Bengal Native Infantry unit that mutinied in 1857 the unit that existed after 1861 1st Brahmans
July 2019
Bengal Native Infantry
thumb|1812 engraving of two Bengal Native Infantry soldiers
The 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry refers to the Bengal Native Infantry unit that mutinied in 1857.
Chronology
1757 formed at Calcutta as the "Lal Pultan"Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on the Affairs of the East India Company 1832 House of Commons Select Committee on the East India Company London 333, 334 (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 CawnporeQuarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British Forces on the Bengal Establishment 1859 R C Lepage & Co. Calcutta
In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 21st Bengal Native Infantry which later became the 1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry.1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/1st_Regiment_of_Bengal_Native_Infantry wiki.fibis.org 4 June 2016
References
Category:Honourable East India Company regiments
Category:Bengal Native Infantry