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Bengal Sappers and Miners

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== Chronology ==

*'''1803''' 1st company raised by Capt T Wood as Bengal Pioneers

*'''1808''' 2nd company raised by Capt T Wood as the Company of Miners

*'''1819''' part of Bengal Pioneers merged with the Company of Miners to form Bengal Sappers and Miners

*'''1833''' remaining part of Bengal Pioneers merged with Bengal Sappers and Miners

*'''1843''' absorbed Broadfoot's Sappers

*'''1847''' became Bengal Sappers and Pioneers

*'''1851''' became '''Corps of Bengal Sappers and Pioneers'''

*'''1903''' became 1st Sappers and Miners

*'''1906''' became 1st Prince of Wales's Own Sappers and Miners

*'''1910''' became 1st King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners

*'''1923''' became King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners

*'''1837''' became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners

*'''1841''' became King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group of the Indian Engineers

*'''1846''' became King George V's Group of the Royal Indian Engineers

*'''1947''' half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan

== External Links ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengal_Sappers_and_Miners&redirect=no Bengal Sappers & Miners] Wikipedia

[[Category:Indian Army Sappers and Miners]]

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