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== Mutiny ==
Upon the annexation of the Punjab, the foreign duty allowance for troops serving there was discontinued. This caused the 66th to mutiny. The rebellion was put down and the regiment marched to Ambala where it was disbanded by Sir Charles Napier on 27 February 1850.
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA8&dq=66th+Bengal&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA8,M1 1849 Mutiny of the 66th] The Gurkha Rifles By J B R Nicholson, Michael Roffe<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Aq9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA387&dq=66th+Bengal+Infantry+mutiny&as_brr=3&ei=8pDXSYCyFoPcygTA5N3gAg 66th disbanded] Haydn's Dictionary of Dates - Google Books
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
Upon the annexation of the Punjab, the foreign duty allowance for troops serving there was discontinued. This caused the 66th to mutiny. The rebellion was put down and the regiment marched to Ambala where it was disbanded by Sir Charles Napier on 27 February 1850.
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCvyed3WstwC&pg=PA8&dq=66th+Bengal&as_brr=3&ei=yITXSbzaEp3CMrS2zfwC#PPA8,M1 1849 Mutiny of the 66th] The Gurkha Rifles By J B R Nicholson, Michael Roffe<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Aq9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA387&dq=66th+Bengal+Infantry+mutiny&as_brr=3&ei=8pDXSYCyFoPcygTA5N3gAg 66th disbanded] Haydn's Dictionary of Dates - Google Books
[[Category:Bengal Infantry Regiments]]
