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== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1803''' raised as 46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1803''' raised as 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 23rd became the 2nd Btn 5th Regiment
*'''1857''' [[Mutiny at Sealkote|mutinied at Sealkote]] ([[Sialkot]]) 9 July. Destroyed on 12 & 16 August 1857 at [[Battle of Trimmoo Ghaut|Trimmoo Ghat]] by the Punjab Movable Column under Brigadier John Nicholson.
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*'''1824''' 2nd Battalion became '''46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major G Birch
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*'''1857''' [[Mutiny at Sealkote|mutinied at Sealkote]] ([[Sialkot]]) 9 July. Destroyed on 12 & 16 August 1857 at [[Battle of Trimmoo Ghaut|Trimmoo Ghat]] by the Punjab Movable Column under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholson_(East_India_Company_officer) Brigadier John Nicholson].
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oIxFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60&dq=Sealkote&ei=5hGHSebXCImulQTN4J2qBg#PPA60,M1 Mutiny at Sealkote] Google Books
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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm Indian Mutiny 1857-58] The British Empire<br>
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oIxFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA60&dq=Sealkote&ei=5hGHSebXCImulQTN4J2qBg#PPA60,M1 Mutiny at Sealkote] Google Books
 
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 18:12, 17 January 2010

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Chronology

  • 1803 raised as 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 23rd became the 2nd Btn 5th Regiment
  • 1824 2nd Battalion became 46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major G Birch
  • 1857 mutinied at Sealkote (Sialkot) 9 July. Destroyed on 12 & 16 August 1857 at Trimmoo Ghat by the Punjab Movable Column under Brigadier John Nicholson.

External Links

Indian Mutiny 1857-58 The British Empire
Mutiny at Sealkote Google Books