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*'''1769''' raised as the 3rd Battalion of Bombay Sepoys
 
*'''1769''' raised as the 3rd Battalion of Bombay Sepoys
 
*'''1788''' drafted to the 10th & 11th Bombay Sepoys
 
*'''1788''' drafted to the 10th & 11th Bombay Sepoys
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==FIBIS resources==
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*"Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson" by  Tim Willasey-Wilsey  ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)  pages 16-25''.  For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
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:Gopal Drooge is identified as the modern Kabbal Durga. The murders took place in September 1783 when thirteen officers from the [[Bombay Army]], including Captain Richardson of the 3rd Bombay Sepoys and four officers from the British Army  were killed on the orders of Tipu Sultan.
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[[Category:Bombay Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Bombay Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 06:23, 18 April 2014

Chronology

  • 1769 raised as the 3rd Battalion of Bombay Sepoys
  • 1788 drafted to the 10th & 11th Bombay Sepoys

FIBIS resources

  • "Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson" by Tim Willasey-Wilsey FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014) pages 16-25. For access, see FIBIS Journals
Gopal Drooge is identified as the modern Kabbal Durga. The murders took place in September 1783 when thirteen officers from the Bombay Army, including Captain Richardson of the 3rd Bombay Sepoys and four officers from the British Army were killed on the orders of Tipu Sultan.