Madras Sappers and Miners: Difference between revisions

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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

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 == External Links ==
+===Historical Books Online===
+[http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo01viba#page/n5/mode/2up ''The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time Volume 1'']  by Major H M Vibart 1881 Archive.org  [http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo02viba#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 2''] 1883
+===Other===
 *[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