4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

This article is about the Bengal Native Infantry unit that mutinied in 1857. For the unit that existed after 1861, see 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs.

The 4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry was formed under that name in 1824. It took part in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Chronology

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 33rd Bengal Native Infantry which later became the 4th Bengal Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry.[2]

References

  1. Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British Forces on the Bengal Establishment. Calcutta: R C Lepage & Co. 1859.
  2. "4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki". wiki.fibis.org. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.