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The '''47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' were disbanded in 1824 after the [[Barrackpore Mutiny]].  Their name was apparently struck from the record.  Four years later another regiment, later to become the [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry]] was given the title 47th Native Infantry, which it held between 1828 and 1861.
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== Chronology ==
*'''1804''' raised as 1st Btn 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 24th was absorbed by 7th Regiment
*'''1824''' 1st Battalion became '''47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major W C Baddeley
*'''1824''' disbanded and name was struck from the record following the [[Barrackpore Mutiny]].
*'''1828''' 69th Regiment renumbered 47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry  


''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the regiment did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of [[Bengal Army]] regiments, the 47th became the seventh most senior.''
*'''1861''' became the  7th Bengal Native Infantry
''For subsequent history see [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry]]''
==Barrackpore Mutiny==
There is an interesting article in Volume 54, 1976 of the [[Society for Army Historical Research|''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'']]. Thomas Erskine Dempster was Medical Officer in charge of the Regiment at the time of the 1824 Barrackpore Mutiny by the 47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry at [[Barrackpore]], Bengal. In his account of the mutiny, he outlines the conditions and events leading up to the mutiny, provides an eye-witness account of the action, then describes the hangings and subsequent repeals that occurred later. He concludes with some personal observations and reasoning with regard to the circumstances of the revolt.
Access the article at [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44225517 jstor.org]. Registration is required, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=spli1BT3R64C&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=Barrackpore+Mutiny+1824&source=bl&ots=7b9ImzNM1d&sig=aoDpNRXMntcYUbvDme64_QkxNrg&hl=en&ei=qN2OSs-2CN6fjAfQw5jiDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#v=onepage&q=&f=false Barrackpore Mutiny] Google Books<br>
==== Historical Books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ikAIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Barrackpore+Mutiny&as_brr=3&cd=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false Memoir of the Mutiny at Barrackpore by Captain Pogson] Google Books
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