46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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Chronology
- 1803 raised as 2nd Btn 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 23rd became the 2nd Btn 5th Regiment
- 1824 2nd Battalion became 46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major G Birch
- 1857 mutinied at Sealkote (Sialkot) 9 July. Destroyed on 12 & 16 August 1857 at Trimmoo Ghat by the Punjab Movable Column under Brigadier John Nicholson.
External Links
Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Mutiny at Sealkote Google Books