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*[https://archive.org/details/whitemutinybriti0000stan/page/n5 ''White Mutiny : British Military Culture in India''] by Peter Stanley 1998 Archive.org Lending Library. The Bengal European Regiments were dissatisfied with the terms for the transfer to the British Army, from November 1858.
*[https://archive.org/details/tomrawgriffinbur00doylrich ''Tom Raw, the Griffin: a burlesque poem, in twelve cantos: illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a cadet in the East India company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situtation in India''] by “a Civilian and an Officer on the Bengal Establishment” (Sir Charles D'Oyly) 1828 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/underindiansunbr0000unse/page/16 "Sketching from Nature: Soldier Artists in India"] by Patricia Kattenhorn page 17 ''Under the Indian Sun : British Landscape Artists'' edited by Pauline Rohatgi and Pheroza Godrej 1995. Published by Marg Publications, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Bombay. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*Fiction. ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East'' by W D Arnold [William Delafield], Lieut. 58th Regiment, BNI [Bengal Native infantry]. 2nd edition 1854 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200691 Volume I] Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KnQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume II] Google Books. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakfield;_or,_Fellowship_in_the_East ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East''] Wikipedia, which states "The novel is an indictment of the moral standards of the British regiments in India." Originally published (1853) using the pseudonym Punjabee. Volume II, Oakfield takes part in the [[2nd Sikh War]].
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetotranslite00lyalrich ''Guide to the transliteration of Hindu and Muhammadan names in the Bengal Army''] by C J Lyall, Bengal Civil Service 3rd edition 1892 Archive.org
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