4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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Also known as the Blane Battalion.

Chronology

  • 1759 raised in Midnapore - name unknown
  • 1764 became the 14th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry under Captain Hampton
  • 1765 posted to the 3rd Brigade
  • 1773 became known as the 14th (Blane) Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry under Captain Blane
  • 1775 became the 19th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major Blane
  • 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 mutinied at Phillour 26 May