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The '''47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' were disbanded in 1824 after the [[Barrackpore Mutiny]]. Their name was apparently struck from the record. Four years later another regiment, later to become the [[7th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Rajput Regiment of Bengal Infantry]] was given the title 47th Native Infantry, which it held between 1828 and 1861.
There is an interssting interesting article in Volume 54,1976 of the [[Society for Army Historical Research|''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'']]. Thomas Erskine Dempster was Medical Officer in charge of the Regiment at the time of the 1824 Barrackpore Mutiny by the 47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry at [[Barrackpore]], Bengal. In his account of the mutiny, he outlines the conditions and events leading up to the mutiny, provides an eye-witness account of the action, then describes the hangings and subsequent repeals that occurred later. He concludes with some personal observations and reasoning with regard to the circumstances of the revolt.<br> The [[British Library]] appears to have most editions of this ''Journal''.
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
