12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers

Known as The Khelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment

Predecessor

• 1763 raised as 12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1857 mutinied

Successor

• 1838 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Shah Shujah's Force
• 1842 became The Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie
• 1861 became 12th Bengal Native Infantry
• 1864 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry
• 1903 became 12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Pioneers
• 1922 became 2nd/2nd Bombay Pioneers
• 1929 became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers
• 1933 disbanded

External Links

12th Pioneers British Empire Website