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*'''1777''' raised as the Marine Battalion
*'''1777''' raised as the Marine Battalion
*'''1818''' became the 1st (Marine) Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1818''' became the 1st (Marine) Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became the 21st (Marine) Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became The Marine Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry
*'''1861''' became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
*'''1885''' became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
*'''1885''' became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
*'''1901''' became the 21st Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
*'''1901''' became the 21st Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
*'''1903''' became '''121st Pioneers'''
*'''1903''' became '''121st Pioneers'''
*'''1922''' became 10th (Marine)/2nd Bombay Pioneers
*'''1922''' became 10th (Marine)/[[2nd Bombay Pioneers]]
*'''1929''' became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
*'''1929''' became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
*'''1933''' disbanded
*'''1933''' disbanded


'''Note:''' there is record of the [[21st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] raised in 1820 which mutinied in Karachi in 1857. It is said that the Marine Battalion took over the title after the Mutiny but this does not agree with the chronology above.
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/121st_Pioneers 121st Pioneers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/121stpioneers.htm 121st Pioneers] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Bombay_Pioneers 2nd Bombay Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211243  ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.  This book is also available in a reprint edition<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-bombay_pioneers.html ''History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933''] by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)</ref>
 
== References ==
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== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/121st_Pioneers 121st Pioneers] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/121stpioneers.htm 121st Pioneers] British Empire website<br>


[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 01:19, 10 April 2018

Chronology

  • 1777 raised as the Marine Battalion
  • 1818 became the 1st (Marine) Battalion, 11th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1824 became The Marine Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1861 became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
  • 1885 became the 21st Regiment of Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
  • 1901 became the 21st Bombay Infantry (The Marine Battalion)
  • 1903 became 121st Pioneers
  • 1922 became 10th (Marine)/2nd Bombay Pioneers
  • 1929 became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. History Of The Bombay Pioneers 1777-1933 by Lieut. Colonel W B P Tugwell 1938 Naval and Military Press reprint (retrieved 29 April 2014)