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==Regimental Histories==
 
==Regimental Histories==
 
*''Historical Record of the Services of the First Regiment Bombay Infantry, Grenadiers'', published at Poona, 1885, is available at the  [[British Library]].
 
*''Historical Record of the Services of the First Regiment Bombay Infantry, Grenadiers'', published at Poona, 1885, is available at the  [[British Library]].
*''The 101st Grenadiers: Historical Record of the Regiment, 1778-1923'', published 1928, is available at the  [[British Library]].  It is also available in the Library of the pay website "The Military Archive" militaryarchive.co.uk.
 
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031118/cth1.htm#9 2 Guards’ Raising Day celebrations] Chandigarh Tribune Online  17 November 2003. The regiment traces its history to 1778 when it was ised 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]].
 
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031118/cth1.htm#9 2 Guards’ Raising Day celebrations] Chandigarh Tribune Online  17 November 2003. The regiment traces its history to 1778 when it was ised 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]].
 
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/566401.html "Somaliland 1920: The Final Campaign against the “Mad Mullah”"]. Includes 1½ companies of the 101st Grenadiers,  who were garrisoning the Protectorate. "Harry's Africa". kaiserscross.com.
 
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/566401.html "Somaliland 1920: The Final Campaign against the “Mad Mullah”"]. Includes 1½ companies of the 101st Grenadiers,  who were garrisoning the Protectorate. "Harry's Africa". kaiserscross.com.
==== Historical books on-line ====
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==== Historical books online ====
 
*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR15&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Officers' muster roll in Malabar] Google Books
 
*''Lists of the officers of His Majesty's and the Hon. Company's troops serving under the Presidency of Bombay'' from Adjutant General's Office January 1st 1798 [http://books.google.com/books?id=j0MIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR15&dq=Lists+of+the+officers+of+His+Majesty's,+and+the+Hon.+Company's+troops++75th+Highland+Regiment&hl=en&ei=yowkTY7-F4qWhQe855HUAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Officers' muster roll in Malabar] Google Books
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*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/Historical-Record-101st-Grenadiers-1778-1923.asp ''Historical Record of the 101st Grenadiers, 1778-1923''] 2nd edition 1928. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. Note: to view the document you require Flash (turned on).
  
 
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Revision as of 02:54, 3 February 2018

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

Regimental Histories

  • Historical Record of the Services of the First Regiment Bombay Infantry, Grenadiers, published at Poona, 1885, is available at the British Library.

External Links

Historical books online