23rd Purgunnah Bengal Native Infantry

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Chronology

  • 1766 raised as 23rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry as a Purgunnah Battalion (provincial revenue collecting duty)
  • 1773 disbanded when the purgunnah establishment was replaced by militia units

External links

Purgunnah Battalions Google Books