55th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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Chronology

  • 1804 raised as 28th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 28th was absorbed by 2nd Regiment
  • 1824 1st Battalion became 54th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major F Sackville
  • 1857 mutinied at Mardan and Nowshera. Rebel sepoys joined the Hindustani Fanatics and were eventually defeated by a British expedition.