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2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

The 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry was a Commonwealth (specifically, Indian) infantry unit that mutinied from command in 1857.[1]

Chronology edit

  • 1758 raised in Burdwan as the Burdwan Battalion
  • 1762 ranked as 8th Battalion
  • 1764 became the 2nd (M'Lean) Battalion and moved to Madras under Captain M'Lean
  • 1765 posted to the 1st Brigade
  • 1775 renumbered 1st Battalion Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1781 became the 1st Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
  • 1784 became the 1st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1786 became the 1st Battalion Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1796 became the 1st Battalion 1st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1824 became the 2nd Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
  • 1859 disarmed at Barrackpore and disbanded[2]

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 31st Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry which later became the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Luscombe, Stephen. "2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry". The British Empire. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British Forces on the Bengal Establishment. Calcutta: R C Lepage & Co. 1859.
  3. ^ "2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 4 June 2016.


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