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Known as '''11th Rajputs''' | Known as '''11th Rajputs''' | ||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
''Following the [[Indian Mutiny]] the [[Bengal Army]] was restructured and the [[70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] was reformed as the 11th Bengal Native Infantry.'' | |||
*'''1861''' became 11th Bengal Native Infantry | *'''1861''' became 11th Bengal Native Infantry | ||
*'''1885''' became 11th Bengal Infantry | *'''1885''' became 11th Bengal Infantry | ||
*'''1897''' became 11th (Rajput) Bengal Infantry | *'''1897''' became 11th (Rajput) Bengal Infantry | ||
*'''1901''' became 11th Rajput Infantry | *'''1901''' became '''11th Regiment of Rajput Infantry''' | ||
*'''1922''' became 5th Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment | *'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry|2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry]], [[4th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs]], [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry|7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs]], [[8th Regiment of Rajput Infantry|8th Rajput]]s, and [[16th (Lucknow) Regiment of Rajput Infantry|16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment)]] and became 5th Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition and renamed the Rajput Regiment | *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition and renamed the Rajput Regiment | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajput_Regiment Rajput Regiment] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajput_Regiment Rajput Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||