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47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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== Chronology ==
*'''18041803''' formed raised as 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantryfollowing 1796 reorganisation when previous 24th was absorbed by 7th Regiment*'''1824''' 1st Battalion became '''47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry'''under Major W C Baddeley*'''1824''' disbandedand name was struck from the record following the [[Barrackpore Mutiny]].*'''1828''' 69th Regiment renumbered 47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
The '''47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' were disbanded in 1824 after In the [[Barrackpore Indian Mutiny]]. Their name was struck from the record. Four years later another regimentdid not rebel and, later to become in the ensuing disbandment of [[Bengal Army]] regiments, the 47th became the seventh most senior.'' *'''1861''' became the 7th Bengal Native Infantry ''For subsequent history see [[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.''
==Barrackpore Mutiny==

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