101st Grenadiers
Known as 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry in the Bombay Army
Known as 101st Grenadiers in the Indian Army
History
- 1778 raised as the 8th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys
- 1783 became the Bombay Grenadiers
- 1784 became the Bombay Grenadier Battalion
- 1788 became the 1st Bombay Battalion
- 1796 became the Grenadier Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1824 became the Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1885 became the 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)
- 1901 became the 1st Grenadier Bombay Infantry
- 1903 became the 101st Grenadiers
- 1922 became the 1st Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
Battle Honours
- Mysore
- Hyderabad
- Kandahar 1880
- Afghanistan 1878-80
- Burma 1885-87
External Links
Grenadier Wikipedia
101st Grenadiers British Empire website
101st Grenadiers Wikipedia
2 Guards’ Raising Day celebrations Chandigarh Tribune Online 17 November 2003. The regiment traces its history to 1778 when it was raised in by Capt James Stewart at Mumbai as an ad hoc Grenadiers battalion by taking two Grenadiers companies each from the three sepoy battalions of the Bombay Army. Refer 1st Maratha War