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{{Template:Bengal Army}}Also known as the '''White Battalion'''.
== Chronology ==
*'''1763''' raised as 15th Battalion at Monghyr by Captain John White
*'''1764''' ranked as 12th Battalion
*'''1765''' posted to the 3rd Brigade
*'''1775''' renumbered the 18th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1781''' became the 18th 12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry*'''1786''' became the 12th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1796''' became the 1st Battalion 12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
*'''1824''' became the '''12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry'''
*'''1857''' mutinied at [[Jhansi ]] 5 June<br>
''The title 12th Bengal Native Infantry was briefly applied to The Regiment of Khelat-i-Ghilzie before it became [[12th (Khelat-i-Ghilzie) Bengal Infantry]] in 1864.''
== External links ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=2gQLAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA56&dq=First+European+Regiment&hl=en&ei=xzZyTK7rOciOjAfqyMz6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false List of officers 1829] Google Books
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
