Bengal Infantry Regiments

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Introduction

European Regiments

Three units were raised between 1652 and 1765 which became regiments of the British Army in 1861. Three further regiments were formed in 1858 with officers from Native Regiments which had mutinied but these were disbanded after the Indian Mutiny.

Indian Regiments

Beginnings

After the recapture of Calcutta in 1757, the Council of Madras ordered Robert Clive to raise fighting units of sepoys with officers from the Madras establishment. These units were called battalions and comprised 42 Indian non-commissioned officers and 820 rank & file. They were originally numbered (as theBritish Army) with the 1st being the oldest and the highest number being the youngest. In 1764 the battalions were numbered according to the seniority of their captains and totalled 18 battalions. In 1765 the Bengal Army was divided into three brigades each with with one troop of cavalry, one company of artillery, one regiment of European infantry and seven battalions of native infantry. There were subsequent re-numberings in 1775, 1781, 1784, 1796 and 1824 which makes identifying regiments at any particular time quite difficult. The numbering adopted in the lists found in the Category page is generally that of 1824.

See also

External Links

Bengal Native Infantry 1825 British Empire website
Bengal Native Infantry Wikipedia
Indian Infantry Regiments 1860-1914 By Michael Barthorp, Jeffrey J. Burn Google Books
Description of Bengal Infantry Regiments at the time of the Mutiny Google Books

Historical Books on-line

An historical account of the rise and progress of the Bengal Native Infantry, from its first formation in 1757, to 1796 by Captain Wiliams 1817 (Google Books)
The Standing Orders for the Bengal Native Infantry, with a translation into Oordoo, in the Roman, Persian, and Naguree Characters by Brevt. Capt. Samuel Cross Starkey, 7th Regiment B.N.I 1846 (Google Books)