8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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Also known as the Chota Burdwan Battalion
Chronology
- 1760 raised in Burdwan ranked 9th Battalion
- 1764 ranked as 8th Battalion under Captain William Smith
- 1765 posted to the 2nd Brigade
- 1775 renumbered the 9th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1781 became the 3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1783 became the 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1786 became the 9th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1796 became the 1st Battalion 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1824 became the 8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1857 mutinied at Dinapore 25 July
External links
- List of officers in 1829 Google Books
- British Library India Office Records Catalogue entry IOR/F/4/1454/57020 Apr 1831-Dec 1832 Trial, in the Calcutta Supreme Court, of Anne Louisa Ramsay, for the attempted murder, at Delhi Cantonments on 9 Apr 1831, of Lieutenant George Richard Talbot of the 8th Bengal Native Infantry - her husband, Allan Ramsay, formerly a Lieutenant in the 8th Bengal Native Infantry is charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder - both parties are acquitted (includes a transcript of the proceedings of the original Court of Enquiry, depositions of witnesses, etc).
