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==Regimental History==
 
==Regimental History==
''Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930'' by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland 1932
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''Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930'' by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland 1932.
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Available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/baillie-ki-paltan-being-a-history-of-the-2nd-battalion-madras-pioneers-1759-1930/  ''Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930''] by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland  Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available  online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer below.
  
 
Details history from early Anglo-India, Seringapatam, Ava &c. to Indian Mutiny (in Central India), Afghanistan, Burma, China, East Africa & Mesopotamia in WW1.  
 
Details history from early Anglo-India, Seringapatam, Ava &c. to Indian Mutiny (in Central India), Afghanistan, Burma, China, East Africa & Mesopotamia in WW1.  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_Pioneers 1st Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Madras_Pioneers 1st Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 April 2014)
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers  Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers  Madras Pioneers] Wikipedia
 
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*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/hidden-histories-the-memorial-at-brigade-road-junction-in-bangalore-salutes-the-heroes-of-a-bygone-era/article6426720.ece "A chapter from the war"] by  Allan Moses Rodricks September 19, 2014 ''The Hindu'' Bangalore .  A memorial in Bangalore to  the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 1st Madras Pioneers who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918. Includes the 64th Pioneers.
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===Historical books online===
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*''Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930'' by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland 1932 is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available  [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsawsMRTGx online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], located in World War II/Military Books/India.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 4 October 2018

Known as 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 64th Pioneers in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1758 formed as 5th Battalion Coast Sepoys
  • 1769 became 5th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1770 became 4th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 4th Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 4th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1883 became 4th Madras Native Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1885 became 4th Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
  • 1901 became 4th Madras Pioneers
  • 1903 became 64th Pioneers
  • 1922 became 2nd/1st Madras Pioneers
  • 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
  • 1933 disbanded

Regimental History

Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930 by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland 1932. Available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer below.

Details history from early Anglo-India, Seringapatam, Ava &c. to Indian Mutiny (in Central India), Afghanistan, Burma, China, East Africa & Mesopotamia in WW1.

External Links

Historical books online

  • Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930 by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland 1932 is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, located in World War II/Military Books/India.

References

  1. Baillie-Ki-Paltan: Being a History of the 2nd Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759-1930 by Lieutenant Colonel H. F. Murland Naval & Military Press reprint edition.