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== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
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*'''1857''' Punjab Sappers
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*'''1798''' raised as 1st Btn 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 16th became 2nd Btn 7th Regt
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*'''1858''' became 24th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry
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*'''1824''' 1st Battalion became '''32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major P Starling
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*'''1861''' became 32nd Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1864''' became 32nd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
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''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the regiment did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of [[Bengal Army]] regiments, the 32nd became the third most senior.''
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*'''1885''' became 32nd (Punjab) Bengal Infantry (Pioneers)
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*'''1901''' became 32nd Punjab Pioneers
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*'''1861''' became 3rd Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1904''' became 32nd Sikh Pioneers
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*'''1922''' became 2nd/3rd Sikh Pioneers
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For subsequent history see [[3rd Regiment of Brahman Infantry]]
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*'''1929''' became Corps of Sikh Pioneers
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*'''1933''' disbanded
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== Battle Honours ==
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*'''1941''' re-raised as The Sikh Light Infantry
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*[[Siege of Bhurtpore 1805| Bhurtpore]]
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*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
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*[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1879-80]]
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== External Links ==
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[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-warriors/32nd-sikh-pioneers.html 32nd Sikh Pioneers] All About Sikhs<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Light_Infantry Sikh Light Infantry] Wikipedia
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== External links ==
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113084611/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-003.htm 32nd Bengal Native Infantry] www.regiments.org
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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 17:50, 19 July 2010

Chronology

  • 1798 raised as 1st Btn 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 16th became 2nd Btn 7th Regt
  • 1824 1st Battalion became 32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major P Starling

In the Indian Mutiny the regiment did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of Bengal Army regiments, the 32nd became the third most senior.

  • 1861 became 3rd Bengal Native Infantry

For subsequent history see 3rd Regiment of Brahman Infantry

Battle Honours

External links

32nd Bengal Native Infantry www.regiments.org

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