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== Chronology ==
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*'''1797''' raised as 1st Btn 13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 13th became 2nd Btn 1st Regt
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*'''1824''' 1st Battalion became '''26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major A Owen
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*'''1857''' mutinied at Mean Meer 1 May. Massacred at Ajnala 1 August.
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''In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry which later became the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry]].''
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==Indian Mutiny==
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*[[Mutiny at Meean Meer]]
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*[[Massacre at Ajnala]]
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=odATAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA142&dq=26th+Native+Infantry&ei=4iC5Sa_lEZTUlQST99DICw#PRA1-PA142,M1 Destruction of 26th Native Infantry at Ajnala 1 August 1857] Hansard
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=odATAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA142&dq=26th+Native+Infantry&ei=4iC5Sa_lEZTUlQST99DICw#PRA1-PA142,M1 Destruction of 26th Native Infantry at Ajnala 1 August 1857] Hansard
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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 16:58, 20 January 2010

Chronology

  • 1797 raised as 1st Btn 13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 13th became 2nd Btn 1st Regt
  • 1824 1st Battalion became 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major A Owen
  • 1857 mutinied at Mean Meer 1 May. Massacred at Ajnala 1 August.

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 18th Regiment of Punjab Infantry which later became the 26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry.

Indian Mutiny

External Links

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