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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
External Links
- Bombay Engineer Group Wikipedia
- Bombay Sappers indiapicks.com
