27th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry

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Chronology

  • 1846 raised as the 27th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1857 mutinied at Kolapore (Kolhapur) in August
  • 1858 disbanded

The mutiny was put down with great severity by Maj- Gen Sir George Le Grand Jacob.
In 1871 after the mutiny the title was taken by the 1st Baluch Regiment later to become the 127th Baluch Light Infantry

External links

Jacob at Kolhapur myjacobfamily.com

Historical books on-line

George Jacob (1805-1881) Dictionary of Indian Biography

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