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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | *'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/101stgrenadiers.htm 101st Grenadiers] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Grenadiers 101st Grenadiers] Wikipedia | [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/101stgrenadiers.htm 101st Grenadiers] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Grenadiers 101st Grenadiers] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031118/cth1.htm#9 2 Guards’ Raising Day celebrations] Chandigarh Tribune Online 17 November 2003 | |||
[[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 30 August 2010
Known as 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 101st Grenadiers in the Indian Army
History
- 1778 raised as the 8th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys
- 1783 became the Bombay Grenadiers
- 1784 became the Bombay Grenadier Battalion
- 1788 became the 1st Bombay Battalion
- 1796 became the Grenadier Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1824 became the Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1885 became the 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)
- 1901 became the 1st Grenadier Bombay Infantry
- 1903 became the 101st Grenadiers
- 1922 became the 1st Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External Links
101st Grenadiers British Empire website
101st Grenadiers Wikipedia
2 Guards’ Raising Day celebrations Chandigarh Tribune Online 17 November 2003