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*'''18231815?''' raised as 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry following 1796 reorganisation when previous 33rd was absorbed by 8th Regiment*'''1824''' 1st 2nd Battalion became '''65th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry''' under Major J Delamaine ''In the [[Indian Mutiny]] the regiment did not rebel and, in the ensuing disbandment of [[Bengal Army]] regiments, the 65th became the tenth most senior.''A Shadwell*'''18611850''' became 10th Bengal Regiment of Bengal Native Infantrydisbanded

''For subsequent history see Upon the annexation of the Punjab, the foreign duty allowance for troops serving there was discontinued. This caused the 66th to mutiny. The rebellion was put down and the regiment marched to [[10th Ambala]] where it was disbanded by Sir Charles Napier on 27 February 1850. Their colours, arms, stores etc. were handed over to the 1st Nasiri Battalion who assumed the title of the 66th Regiment of Jat Bengal Native Infantry]]''

[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]   == Chronology ==*'''18151861''' raised as 66th became the 1st Goorkha Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry*'''1850''' disbanded

== Mutiny ==Upon the annexation of the Punjab, the foreign duty allowance for troops serving there was discontinued. This caused the 66th to mutiny. The rebellion was put down and the regiment marched to Ambala where it was disbanded by Sir Charles Napier on 27 February 1850. Their colours, arms, stores etc. were handed over to the 1st Nasiri Battalion who assumed the title of the 66th and later became the ''For subsequent history see [[1st Gurkha Rifles]].<br>''

[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA8&dq=66th+Bengal&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA8,M1 1849 Mutiny of the 66th] The Gurkha Rifles By J B R Nicholson, Michael Roffe<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Aq9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA387&dq=66th+Bengal+Infantry+mutiny&as_brr=3&ei=8pDXSYCyFoPcygTA5N3gAg 66th disbanded] Haydn's Dictionary of Dates - Google Books