2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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Chronology

  • 1762 formed as 8th Battalion Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1764 renamed 2nd Battalion Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1775 renamed 1st Battalion Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 renamed 1st Bombay Battalion
  • 1784 renamed 1st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 renamed 1st Battalion Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 renamed 1st Btn 1st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 renamed 2nd Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1859 disbanded

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 31st Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry which later became the 2nd Regiment of Rajput Infantry

External Links

2nd Bengal Native Infantry 1762-1857 British Empire website

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