3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
Chronology
- 1758 raised - name unknown
- 1763 known as the Swinton Battalion after Captain Swinton
- 1764 became the 13th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1765 posted to the 1st Brigade
- 1775 became the 6th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1781 became the 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1796 became the 1st Battalion 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 became the 3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1857 mutinied at Phillour 26 May