Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

279 bytes added, 18:12, 17 January 2010
Amend chronology
{{Template:Bengal Army}}
== Chronology ==
*'''1803''' raised as 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 23rd became the 2nd Btn 5th Regiment*'''1824''' 2nd Battalion became '''46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major G Birch*'''1857''' [[Mutiny at Sealkote|mutinied at Sealkote]] ([[Sialkot]]) 9 July. Destroyed on 12 & 16 August 1857 at [[Battle of Trimmoo Ghaut|Trimmoo Ghat]] by the Punjab Movable Column under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholson_(East_India_Company_officer) Brigadier John Nicholson].
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]The British Empire<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oIxFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60&dq=Sealkote&ei=5hGHSebXCImulQTN4J2qBg#PPA60,M1 Mutiny at Sealkote] Google Books
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Navigation menu