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===== European Regiments =====

=====Indian Regiments ========= Beginnings ===== After the recapture of [[Calcutta]] in 1757, the Council of Madras ordered Robert Clive to raise fighting units of [[sepoy|sepoys]] were raised with officers from the [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] establishment. These units were called battalions until 1781 when they became regimentsand comprised 42 Indian non-commissioned officers and 820 rank & file. Originally They were originally numbered (as the[[ British Army]]) with the 1st being the oldest and the highest number being the youngest, in . In 1764 the battalions were numbered according to the seniority of their captainsand totalled 18 battalions. In 1765 the Bengal Army was divided into three brigades each with with one troop of cavalry, one company of artillery, one regiment of European infantry and seven battalions of native infantry. There were subsequent re-numberings in 1775, 1781, 1784, 1796 and 1824 which makes identifying regiments at any particular time quite difficult. The numbering adopted in the lists found in the [[:Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments|Category page]] is generally that of 1824.