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Between 1849 and 1851 four Punjab Light Horse Field Batteries were recruited from the defeated Sikh artillerymen. No 1 was disbanded in 1870. No 2 became the [[Kohat Mountain Battery]]. No 3 became the [Derajat Mountain Battery]]. No 4 became the [[Hazara Mountain Battery]].
As a consequence of the [[Indian Mutiny]] the European artillery regiments (21 horse batteries & 48 field batteries) of the [[Armies in India|Presidency Armies]] were taken into the [[Royal Artillery]] of the [[British Army]]. The [[Bengal Native Foot Artillery|Bengal]], [[Madras Native Foot Artillery|Madras]] and [[Bombay Native Foot Artillery]] were disbanded except for
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:*No 4 Garrison Company
The force later gained two further batteriesunits:
:*Hazara Mountain Train Battery :*Peshawar Mountain Train Battery ==== The Indian Mutiny ====As a consequence of the [[Indian Mutiny]] the European artillery regiments (21 horse batteries & 48 field batteries) of the [[Armies in India|Presidency Armies]] were taken into the [[Royal Artillery]] of the [[British Army]]. The [[Bengal Native Foot Artillery|Bengal]], [[Madras Native Foot Artillery|Madras]] and [[Bombay Native Foot Artillery]] were disbanded except for
==== Punjab Frontier Force ====
The Punjab Iregular Force became the [[Punjab Frontier Force]] in 1865 and the two mountain trains were redesignated mountain batteries. The No 1 Light Field Battery was disbanded in 1870. In 1876 the remaining batteries were renumbered as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| No 2 Horse Light Field Battery
| became
| [[Kohat Mountain Battery|No 1 (Kohat) Punjab Mountain Battery]]
|-
| No 3 Horse Light Field Battery
| became
| [[Derajat Mountain Battery|No 2 (Derajat) Punjab Mountain Battery]]
|-
| Peshawar Mountain Battery
| became
| [[Peshawar Mountain Battery|No 3 (Peshawar) Punjab Mountain Battery]]
|-
| Hazara Mountain Battery
| became
| [[Hazara Mountain Battery|No 4 (Hazara) Punjab Mountain Battery]]
|-
| No 4 Garrison Company
| became
| [[No. 5 Garrison Battery]]
|}
