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== Chronology ==
*'''1757''' formed at Calcutta as the Lal Pultan (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 16th 10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry*'''17831784''' became 15th 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''' mutiniedat Cawnpore
''In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 21st Bengal Native Infantry which later became the [[1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry]].''
== External links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fnLcM-LcdLUC&pg=PA408&dq=Lal+Pultan+1764&hl=en&ei=jGZETJOaFNjNjAf7-bQX&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Lal%20Pultan%201764&f=false Origin of the Lal Pultan and account of the mutiny in 1764] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA45&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of officers in 1829] Google Books
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
