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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
===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
*[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
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=_G4BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9 Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819] by Edward Lake of the Madras Engineers 1825 Google Books
 
===Other===
===Other===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group Madras Engineer Group] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group Madras Engineer Group] Wikipedia

Revision as of 00:56, 23 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

Historical Books Online

Other