28th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry

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Also known as the Kallie Battalion'.

Chronology

  • 1776 raised for service of the Vizier of Oude as 28th Battalion
  • 1781 became the 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1784 became the 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 became the 27th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 absorbed by the 3rdd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 1st Battalion became 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under MajorJ Nesbitt; 2nd Battalion became 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major J Smith