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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1778''' raised as | *'''1778''' raised as 33rd Battalion at Cawnpore by Captain John Byrne | ||
*'''1781''' became the 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry | *'''1781''' became the 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry | ||
*'''1784''' returned to Bengal under Captain Richard Scott | *'''1784''' returned to Bengal under Captain Richard Scott | ||
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Also known as the Dhobi-ka-Pultan (Laundry Battalion) as Captain Byrne enlisted a number of washermen from neighbouring villages.
Chronology
- 1778 raised as 33rd Battalion at Cawnpore by Captain John Byrne
- 1781 became the 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1784 returned to Bengal under Captain Richard Scott
- 1796 absorbed by the 11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 1st Battalion became 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major E Wyatt; 2nd Battalion became 17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major H Nicholson