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101st Grenadiers

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Known as '''1st or Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry''' in the Bombay Army<br>
Known as '''101st Grenadiers''' in the Indian Army
== History ==
*'''1778-83 ''' raised as the 8th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys<br>*'''1783-84 ''' became the Bombay Grenadiers<br>*'''1784-88 ''' became the Bombay Grenadier Battalion<br>*'''1788-96 ''' became the 1st Bombay Battalion<br>*'''1796-1824 ''' became the Grenadier Battalion, 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry<br>*'''1824-85 ''' became the '''Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry<br>'''*'''1885-1901 ''' became the 1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)<br>*'''1901-03 ''' became the 1st Grenadier Bombay Infantry*'''1903''' became the '''101st Grenadiers<br>''' *'''1922''' became the 1st Battalion [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition == Battle Honours ==*[[3rd Mysore War|Mysore]]*[[Battle of Hyderabad|Hyderabad]]*[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-47 1st/80]]:*[[Battle of Baba Wullee 1880|Kandahar 1880]]*[[3rd Burma War|Burma 1885-87]] ==Regimental Histories==*''Historical Record of the Services of the First Regiment Bombay Infantry, Grenadiers'', published at Poona, 1885, is available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01016627496 . This history appears to have been incorporated into the following history.*''Historical Record of the 101st Grenadiers, 1778-1923'' 2nd edition 1928. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01010653799 . Includes WW1 service in [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]] and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]].*''The Grenadiers : a Tradition of Valour'' by Col. R.D. Palsokar. Jabalpur : Grenadiers Regimental Centre, [1980]. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01011840970. For more details see [[4th Bombay Grenadiers<br>]].
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadiers Grenadier] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Grenadiers 101st Grenadiers] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/101stgrenadiers.htm 101st Grenadiers] British Empire website*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Bombay_Grenadiers 4th Bombay Grenadiers] Wikipedia*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xLrTzZd0j1kC&lpg=PA75&ots=bMivCc4XVo&pg=PA75 Page 75] ''Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army'' by Gautam Sharma Google Books*[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.==== 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 {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} 
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