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Originally formed as the [[Tirhoot State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 17th January 1879. The [[Ghazipur Volunteer Rifle Corps]], which was raised on 14th June 1879, became the [[Ghazipur Volunteer Rifle Battalion]] on 11th November 1881 then resumed its former designation in 1885 and on 17th June 1892 amalgamated as the [['''Bengal and North-Western Railway Volunteer CorpsBattalion''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]]under the Bengal command. On 1st April 1917 became They comprised staff of the [[22nd Bengal and North -Western Railway Battalion]] before becoming Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion on 1st October 1920.

==Chronology==*'''1879''' raised on 14th June as '''Bengal and North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles'''<ref name="IAL">''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>*'''1892''' amalgamated with the [[Tirhoot State Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps]] on 17th June (GGO 573, dated 17th June 1893)<ref name="IAL" />*'''1917''' 1st April became '''22nd Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion'''<ref name="Jack" />*'''1920''' redesignated Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion on 1st October<ref name="Jack">Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref> ==Details==*'''Headquarters''' - [[Gorakhpur]]*'''Uniform''' - Khakidrill<ref name="IAL" />

 ==Notes==<references />  [[Category:Auxiliary Infantry Regiments]][[Category:Railway Regiments]]