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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group Madras Engineer Group] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Engineer_Group Madras Engineer Group] Wikipedia | ||
| − | + | [[Image:MadrasSappersMiners-Lucknow.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Madras Sappers & Miners, Lucknow, Felice Beato, albumen print, 1857-58, 164 x 200 mm A tinted photograph of a group of four armed soldiers in uniform in front of the Jal Pari Gateway in the Qaisar Bagh complex. ‘C’ Company of Madras Sappers & Miners joined Sir Colin Campbell in the second relief of Lucknow in November 1857.]] | |
[[Category:Madras Army]] | [[Category:Madras Army]] | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 31 May 2009
File:Madras Pioneers.JPG
1st Madras Pioneers by H Bunnett
Chronology
- 1780 raised as Madras Pioneers
- 1831 renamed as Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1876 renamed Corps of Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1903 became 2nd Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1911 became 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
- 1832 merged with Bengal and Bombay Sappers to form the Corps of Indian Engineers
- 1947 half allocated to India on Partition and half to Pakistan
External Links
Madras Engineer Group Wikipedia
File:MadrasSappersMiners-Lucknow.jpg
Madras Sappers & Miners, Lucknow, Felice Beato, albumen print, 1857-58, 164 x 200 mm A tinted photograph of a group of four armed soldiers in uniform in front of the Jal Pari Gateway in the Qaisar Bagh complex. ‘C’ Company of Madras Sappers & Miners joined Sir Colin Campbell in the second relief of Lucknow in November 1857.
