1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry

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1st and 3rd Brahman Infantry

Known as 1st Brahmans

Chronology

In the Indian Mutiny the 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of the Bengal Army regiments, it became the most senior.

  • 1861 became the 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1901 became the 1st Brahman Infantry
  • 1903 became the 1st Brahmans
  • 1922 united with 62nd Punjabis, 66th Punjabis, 76th Punjabis, 82nd Punjabis, and 84th Punjabis and became 4th/1st Punjab Regiment
  • 1931 disbanded

External Links

1st Brahmans www.regiments.org
Nawab Wazir of Awadh Wikipedia
1st Brahmans British Empire website