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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group Madras Engineer Group] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group Madras Engineer Group] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071108123617/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/sm-mad.htm Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners] www.regiments.org | |||
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/960_Madras_Sappers.htm Madras Sapppers] indiapicks.com | |||
[[Category:Madras Army]] | [[Category:Madras Army]] | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 10 January 2010
Chronology
- 1780 raised as Madras Pioneers
- 1792 renamed Corps of Madras Pioneers
- 1831 renamed as Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1876 renamed Corps of Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1903 became 2nd Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1911 became 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1923 became Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1832 merged with Bengal and Bombay Sappers to form the Corps of Indian Engineers
- 1941 became Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners Group, Indian Engineers
- 1946 became Queen Victoria's Own Madras Group, Royal Indian Engineers
- 1832 merged with Bengal and Bombay Sappers to form the Corps of Indian Engineers
- 1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan
- 1950 Madras Centre, Corps of Engineers
External Links
- Madras Engineer Group Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners www.regiments.org
- Madras Sapppers indiapicks.com