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| Known as '''61st Pioneers'''
| | #REDIRECT [[1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry]] |
| == Chronology ==
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| *'''1758''' formed as 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys
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| *'''1769''' became 1st Carnatic Battalion
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| *'''1784''' became 1st Madras Battalion
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| *'''1796''' became 1st Battalion, 1st Madras Native Infantry
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| *'''1824''' became 1st Madras Native Infantry
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| *'''1883''' became 1st Madras Native Infantry
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| *'''1885''' became 1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
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| *'''1901''' became 1st Madras Pioneers
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| *'''1903''' became 61st Madras Pioneers
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| *'''1906''' became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
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| *'''1910''' became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
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| *'''1922''' became 1st/1st Madras Pioneers
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| *'''1929''' became Corps of Madras Pioneers
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| *'''1933''' disbanded
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/61stpioneers.htm 61st Pioneers] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Pioneers Madras Pioneers] Wkipedia
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| [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] |