2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry explained

See main article: article and 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

• 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]

Notes and References

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