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Also known as the '''Grant Battalion''' | {{Template:Bengal Army}} | ||
Also known as the '''Grant Battalion'''. | |||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1758''' raised in Chittagong and called the Chittagong Battalion | *'''1758''' raised in Chittagong and called the Chittagong Battalion | ||
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Also known as the Grant Battalion.
Chronology
- 1758 raised in Chittagong and called the Chittagong Battalion
- 1761 became the Grant Battalion under Captain Hugh Grant
- 1764 renumbered 3rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1765 posted to the1st Brigade
- 1775 renumbered the 2nd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1781 became the 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1796 became the 1st Battalion 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 became the 5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1857 mutinied at Umballa on 23 May