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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Engineer_Group Bombay Engineer Group] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Engineer_Group Bombay Engineer Group] Wikipedia
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1402_Bombay_Sappers.htm Bombay Sappers] indiapicks.com


[[Category:Indian Army Sappers and Miners|Bombay Sappers and Miners, Corps of]]
[[Category:Indian Army Sappers and Miners|Bombay Sappers and Miners, Corps of]]
[[Category:Bombay Army|Bombay Sappers and Miners, Corps of]]
[[Category:Bombay Army|Bombay Sappers and Miners, Corps of]]

Revision as of 10:52, 10 January 2010

Chronology

  • 1777 raised by Major Lawrence Nilson as Pioneer Lascars
  • 1781 became Bombay Pioneers
  • 1820 company of Sappers and Miners raised
  • 1826 2nd company of Sappers and Miners raised
  • 1829 Sappers and Miners renamed the Engineer Corps
  • 1830 Bombay Pioneers absorbed by the Engineer Corps
  • 1833 remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners
  • 1840 renamed as the Bombay Sappers & Miners
  • 1903 brought into the Indian Army and became 3rd Bombay Sappers & Miners
  • 1921 became the 3rd Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1923 became the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners
  • 1923 became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

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