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 the 1st Brigade
- 1775 renumbered the 2nd Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1784 became the 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
- 1785 became the 2nd Battalion 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