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*'''1869''' raised on 17th July as '''East Indian Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps''' by GGO 759<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
*'''1892''' the [[Sibpore College Volunteer Rifle Corps]] amalgamated with the regiment on 20th May 1892 by GGO No.505<ref name=IAL /><ref>Jackson (1940) gives the year as 1890.</ref>
*'''1917''' 1st April became '''7th East Indian Railway Battalion''' and amalgamated with [[St Michael's School Cadet CorpCorps]]<ref name=Jack />
*'''1918''' redesignated the '''7th East Indian Railway Corp''' on 8th November<ref name=Jack />
*'''1920''' redesignated East Indian Railway Regiment on 1st October<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
