24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

Chronology

  • 1779 raised at Chunar by Captain William Davis
  • 1780? ranked as 34th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1784 became the 30th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 became the 30th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 disarmed at Peshawar[1] 22 May

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry which later became the 24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry.[2]

References

  1. ^ Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British Forces on the Bengal Establishment. Calcutta: R C Lepage & Co. 1859.
  2. ^ "24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 6 June 2016.


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