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Known as '''5th Light Infantry'''
Known as '''5th Light Infantry'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1803''' raised as 2nd Battalion 21st Bengal Native Infantry
''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the [[42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of the [[Bengal Army ]] regiments, it became the fifth most senior.''
*'''1824''' became 42nd Bengal Native Infantry
 
*'''1842''' became 42nd Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1861''' became 5th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1861''' became 5th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
*'''1885''' became 5th Bengal (Light) Infantry
*'''1885''' became 5th Bengal (Light) Infantry
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*'''1922''' disbanded
*'''1922''' disbanded


''In 1861 after the mutiny, when the regiment was renamed the 5th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry, the 1st Assam Light Infantry took the title and later became [[42nd Gurkha Rifles]].''
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/5thltinf.htm 5th Light Infantry] British Empire website
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/5thltinf.htm 5th Light Infantry] British Empire website
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 17:06, 17 January 2010

5th & 6th Light Infantry

Known as 5th Light Infantry

Chronology

In the Indian Mutiny the 42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of the Bengal Army regiments, it became the fifth most senior.

  • 1861 became 5th Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
  • 1885 became 5th Bengal (Light) Infantry
  • 1903 became 5th Light Infantry
  • 1922 disbanded

External Links

5th Light Infantry British Empire website