37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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Chronology
- 1799 raised as 2nd Btn 18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 18th was absorbed by 10th Regiment
- 1824 2nd Battalion became 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major C R Kennett
- 1857 mutinied at Benares 4 June
Historical newspapers online
- "Narrative Of Serjeant-Major Lissant, 37th Regt. N. I., from the 6th to the 13th January, 1842". The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 5 October 1842. Originally from the Englishman. Part of the 1st Afghan War