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3rd Bombay Sepoys
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Chronology
- 1769 raised as the 3rd Battalion of Bombay Sepoys
- 1788 drafted to the 10th & 11th Bombay Sepoys
FIBIS resources
- "Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson" by Tim Willasey-Wilsey FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014) pages 16-25. For access, see FIBIS Journals
- Gopal Drooge is identified as the modern Kabbal Durga. The murders took place in September 1783 when thirteen officers from the Bombay Army, including Captain Richardson of the 3rd Bombay Sepoys and four officers from the British Army were killed on the orders of Tipu Sultan.