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== Chronology ==
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*'''1818''' raised as ???? Levy
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*'''1823''' became the 1st Btn 32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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*'''1824''' 1st Battalion became '''63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major S H Todd
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''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the regiment did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of [[Bengal Army]] regiments, the 63rd became the ninth most senior.''
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*'''1861''' became 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
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''For subsequent history see [[9th Gurkha Rifles]]''
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[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 18:35, 9 March 2010

Chronology

  • 1818 raised as ???? Levy
  • 1823 became the 1st Btn 32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 1st Battalion became 63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry under Major S H Todd

In the Indian Mutiny the regiment did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of Bengal Army regiments, the 63rd became the ninth most senior.

  • 1861 became 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

For subsequent history see 9th Gurkha Rifles