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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;5th Bengal European Regiment&#039;&#039;&#039; was an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British East India Company]], created in 1858 and disbanded in 1860.<br /> <br /> The regiment was raised in [[Bengal]] by the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] in 1858, for service in the [[Indian Mutiny]]; the &quot;European&quot; in the name indicated that it was manned by white soldiers, not Indian [[sepoy]]s. The regiment was composed of officers drawn from two Indian units which had mutinied, the 5th Bengal Native Infantry and 6th Bengal Native Infantry. <br /> <br /> As with all other &quot;European&quot; units of the Company, they were placed under the command of the Crown following the end of the Mutiny in 1858. The regiment was disbanded in 1860.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040805061730/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/euro/b5.htm 5th Bengal European Regiment], regiments.org<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]<br /> [[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]<br /> [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1858]]<br /> [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1860]]<br /> [[Category:1858 establishments in British India|Bengal European]]<br /> [[Category:Bengal Presidency]]<br /> [[Category:Bengal European Infantry]]</div>

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