5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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Also known as the Grant Battalion

Chronology

  • 1758 raised in Chittagong and called the Chittagong Battalion
  • 1761 became the Grant Battalion under Captain Hugh Grant
  • 1764 renumbered 3rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1765 posted to the1st Brigade
  • 1775 renumbered the 2nd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 became the 1st Battalion 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 mutinied at Umballa on 23 May
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