Difference between revisions of "1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry"

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*'''1906''' became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
 
*'''1906''' became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
 
*'''1910''' became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
 
*'''1910''' became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
*'''1922''' became 1st/1st Madras Pioneers
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*'''1922''' became 1st/[[1st Madras Pioneers]]
 
*'''1929''' became Corps of Madras Pioneers
 
*'''1929''' became Corps of Madras Pioneers
 
*'''1933''' disbanded
 
*'''1933''' disbanded
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/20070213004525/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-061.htm 61st King George's Own Pioneers] regiments.org<br>
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070213004525/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-061.htm 61st King George's Own Pioneers] regiments.org<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/61stpioneers.htm 61st Pioneers] British Empire website<br>
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/61stpioneers.htm 61st Pioneers] British Empire website<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers  Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Pioneers 61st Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_Pioneers 1st Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers  Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia
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[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Madras Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 07:27, 29 April 2014

Known as 1st Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 61st Madras Pioneers in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1758 formed as 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys
  • 1769 became 1st Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 1st Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 1st Madras Native Infantry
  • 1883 became 1st Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1885 became 1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1901 became 1st Madras Pioneers
  • 1903 became 61st Madras Pioneers
  • 1906 became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
  • 1910 became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
  • 1922 became 1st/1st Madras Pioneers
  • 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded

External Links