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Bengal Native Foot Artillery
Chronology
- 1777 three battalions with 8 companies raised
- 1779 disbanded
- 1780-82 5 companies raised
- 1806-18 15 companies raised
- 1824 3 more companies raised
- 1827 16 companies formed into two battalions
- 1842 two battalions of 10 companies
- 1845 three battalions of 6 companies
- 1861 disbanded
External links
- Evolution of the Bengal Native Artillery Google Books
- Images from Brown University Library Digital Repository.
- Gunner, Bengal Artillery 1820. 4th in collection of 5 unsigned original gouache paintings on mica, "Bengal Native Army".
- Gunner, Bengal Artillery 1820. 5th in collection of 5 unsigned original gouache paintings on mica, "Bengal Native Army".