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== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA52&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
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA52&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
 
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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 18:22, 10 May 2015

Also known as the Chota Burdwan Battalion

Chronology

  • 1760 raised in Burdwan ranked 9th Battalion
  • 1764 ranked as 8th Battalion under Captain William Smith
  • 1765 posted to the 2nd Brigade
  • 1775 renumbered the 9th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1783 became the 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 became the 9th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 became the 1st Battalion 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 mutinied at Dinapore 25 July

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