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*'''1933''' disbanded | *'''1933''' disbanded | ||
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/61stpioneers.htm 61st Pioneers] British Empire website | [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 | ||
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 1 June 2009
Known as 61st Pioneers
Chronology
- 1758 formed as 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys
- 1769 became 1st Carnatic Battalion
- 1784 became 1st Madras Battalion
- 1796 became 1st Battalion, 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 1824 became 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 1883 became 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 1885 became 1st Madras Infantry (Pioneers)
- 1901 became 1st Madras Pioneers
- 1903 became 61st Madras Pioneers
- 1906 became 61st Prince of Wales's Own Pioneers
- 1910 became 61st King George's Own Pioneers
- 1922 became 1st/1st Madras Pioneers
- 1929 became Corps of Madras Pioneers
- 1933 disbanded
External Links
61st Pioneers British Empire website
Madras Pioneers Wkipedia