Difference between revisions of "19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry"

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Also known as the Young Battalion.

1776 raised for the Vizier of Oude under Captain Young
1778? incorporated in HEIC service as the 22nd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
1781 became the 22nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantryy
1796 became the 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1824 became the 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1857 mutinied at Berhampore on 25 February. Colonel Mitchell persuaded them to give up their arms and they were marched to Barrackpore and disbanded on 31 March.

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-'''Previous Regiment'''<br>
-The chronology of the original 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry is as follows:
-*'''1764''' raised in Calcutta by the Town Major under command of Captain Douglas Hill
-*'''1765''' ranked as the 19th Barttalion of Bengal Native Infantry
-*'''1775''' renumbered the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
-*'''1781''' became the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Captain Grant
-*'''1781''' mutinied over prize money and was broken up.<br>
-'''External Links'''<br>
-[http://www.archive.org/stream/anhistoricalacc00willgoog#page/n71/mode/2up/search/19th History of the First 19th Regt] archive.org }}
 Also known as the '''Young Battalion'''.