63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

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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

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