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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{about|the Bengal Native Infantry unit that was disarmed in 1857|the unit that existed after 1861|20th Duke of Cambridge%27s Own Infantry (Brownlow%27s Punjabis)}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{main article|Bengal Native Infantry}}<br /> <br /> == Chronology ==<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1779&#039;&#039;&#039; raised at [[Chunar]] by Captain William Davis<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1780?&#039;&#039;&#039; ranked as 34th Battalion of [[Bengal Native Infantry]]<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1781&#039;&#039;&#039; became the 27th Regiment of [[Bengal Native Infantry]]<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1784&#039;&#039;&#039; became the 30th Battalion of [[Bengal Native Infantry]]<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1786&#039;&#039;&#039; became the 30th Battalion of [[Bengal Native Infantry]]<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1796&#039;&#039;&#039; became the 2nd Battalion 8th Regiment of [[Bengal Native Infantry]]<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1824&#039;&#039;&#039; became the &#039;&#039;&#039;24th Regiment of [[Bengal Native Infantry]]&#039;&#039;&#039; <br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;1857&#039;&#039;&#039; disarmed at [[Peshawar]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty&#039;s British Forces on the Bengal Establishment|date=1859|publisher=R C Lepage &amp; Co.|location=Calcutta}}&lt;/ref&gt; 22 May<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 8th Regiment of [[Punjab Regiment (India)|Punjab Infantry]] which later became the [[20th Duke of Cambridge&#039;s Own Infantry (Brownlow&#039;s Punjabis)|24th Regiment of Punjab Infantry]].&#039;&#039;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry - FIBIwiki|url=http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/24th_Regiment_of_Bengal_Native_Infantry|website=wiki.fibis.org|accessdate=6 June 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]<br /> [[Category:Bengal Native Infantry]]<br /> [[Category:1779 establishments in the British Empire]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-mil-stub}}</div>

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