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|unit_name=3rd Brahmans
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|dates=1798-1922
|country=[[British Raj|Indian Empire]]
|branch=Army
|type=Infantry
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|command_structure=[[Bengal Army]] (to 1895)<br> [[Bengal Command]]
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|ceremonial_chief=[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]] (1904)
|ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
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|colors=Red; faced black
|colors_label=Uniform
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|battles= 1825 - 26 Bhurtpore<br />1879 - 80 Afghanistan
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The '''3rd Brahmans''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. 3rd Brahmanas recruits from [[Gaur Brahmins]] and [[Kanyakubja Brahmins]] composition of 2 companies from both.<ref>{{Cite book |last=India |first=Army Headquarters |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVi-BAAAQBAJ&dq=1st+Brahmans&pg=RA1-PA61 |title=Indian Army List January 1919 — Volume 2 |date=2012-02-03 |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |isbn=978-1-78150-257-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24494199 |title=Race and Recruitment in the Indian Army: 1880– 1918 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2013 |jstor=24494199 |language=en |last1=Roy |first1=Kaushik |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=1310–1347 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X12000431 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Authority Of The Council |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285012/page/n719/mode/1up?q=%223rd+gaur+brahmans%22 |title=Indian Army List For July I -1918 |date=1918}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-15 |title=History of caste-based regiments in the Indian Army: Here's all you need to know |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/history-of-caste-based-regiment-in-the-indian-army-1592216143-1 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Jagranjosh.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cambridge |first=The Marquess of |date=1970 |title=Notes on the Armies of India Part V 1914-1918 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44227000 |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |volume=48 |issue=194 |pages=105–108 |jstor=44227000 |issn=0037-9700}}</ref> This regiment could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 1st Battalion, 16th [[Bengal Native Infantry]]. Over the years this regiment was known by a number of different names. The 32nd Bengal Native Infantry 1824–1861, the 3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry 1861–1885, the 3rd Regiment of Bengal Infantry 1885–1901 and finally after the [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army when the names of the presidencies were dropped. Before being disbanded in 1922, this regiment had taken part in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] and [[World War I]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/3rdbrahmans.htm|title=The British Empire, Imperialism, Colonialism, Colonies}}</ref><ref>Sumner, p.15</ref>

== See also ==

* [[1st Brahmans]]
* [[Gaur Brahmins]]
* [[Kanyakubja Brahmin|Kanyakubja Brahmins]]

==References==
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[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1798]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:1798 establishments in the British Empire]]
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