21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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Also known as the Naylor Battalion.

Chronology

  • 1776 raised for the Vizier of Oude
  • 1776 commanded by Captain Thomas Naylor
  • 1778? incorporated in HEIC service as the 29th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 29th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantryy
  • 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1857 mutinied

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was briefly given to the Loyal Purbeah Regiment which subsequently became the 17th (Loyal Purbeah) Regiment of Bengal Infantry.