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created 1 December 1998. Corrected and updated
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Regiments and Corps of the
BENGAL ARMY
Honourable East India Company
1859
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Units are listed in order
of precedence at the end of the Great Mutiny of 1857-59. Regiments were
numbered separately in the armies of the three Presidencies of Bengal,
Madras and Bombay. The regimental numbering shown here was instituted
in 1824. The Punjab Irregular Force was nominally part of the Bengal Army,
and was regularised in 1865 as the Punjab Frontier Force. After the Mutiny,
disloyal regiments (almost all from the Bengal Army) were officially disbanded,
all the other native regiments renumbered, and the "European" regiments
absorbed directly into the British Army. All these changes are shown in
the right margin.
| raised | reorg. | |
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Cavalry |
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| Governor General's Bodyguard | 1773 | |
| 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry | 1857 | to Brit Army |
| 2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry | 1857 | to Brit Army |
| 3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry | 1857 | to Brit Army |
| 4th Bengal European Light Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1859 |
| 5th Bengal European Light Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1859 |
| 1st Bengal Light Cavalry | 1777 | mutinied |
| 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry | 1842 | mutinied |
| 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry | 1796 | mutinied |
| 4th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1797 | disb 1858 |
| 5th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1800 | disb 1858 |
| 6th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1800 | mutinied |
| 7th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1805 | mutinied |
| 8th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1805 | disb 1858 |
| 9th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1825 | mutinied |
| 10th Bengal Light Cavalry | 1825 | mutinied |
| 1st Irregular Cavalry (Skinner's Horse) | 1803 | 1 B Cav |
| 2nd Irregular Cavalry | 1809 | 2 B Cav |
| 3rd Irregular Cavalry | 1815 | mutinied |
| 4th Irregular Cavalry | 1838 | 3 B Cav |
| 5th Irregular Cavalry | 1823 | mutinied |
| 6th Irregular Cavalry | 1838 | 4 B Cav |
| 7th Irregular Cavalry | 1841 | 5 B Cav |
| 8th Irregular Cavalry | 1842 | 6 B Cav |
| 9th Irregular Cavalry | 1838 | disb 1861 |
| 10th Irregular Cavalry | 1838 | mutinied |
| 11th Irregular Cavalry | 1846 | mutinied |
| 12th Irregular Cavalry | 1846 | mutinied |
| 13th Irregular Cavalry | 1846 | mutinied |
| 14th Irregular Cavalry | 1846 | mutinied |
| 15th Irregular Cavalry | 1847 | mutinied |
| 16th Irregular Cavalry | 1847 | disb 1861 |
| 17th Irregular Cavalry | 1846 | 7 B Cav |
| 18th Irregular Cavalry | 1846 | 8 B Cav |
| Jodhpore Legion Cavalry | 1835 | mutinied |
| Bundelkhand Legion Cavalry | 1838 | mutinied |
| Gwalior Contingent Cavalry | 1843 | mutinied |
| Kotah Contingent Cavalry | 1843 | mutinied |
| Bhopal Contingent Cavalry | 1845 | mutinied |
| United Malwa Contingent Cavalry | 1845 | mutinied |
| Ramgarh Irregular Cavalry | 1849 | disb 1861 |
| Nagpore Irregular Cavalry | 1854 | mutinied |
| 1st Oudh Irregular Cavalry | 1856 | mutinied |
| 2nd Oudh Irregular Cavalry | 1856 | mutinied |
| 3rd Oudh Irregular Cavalry | 1856 | mutinied |
| 1st Regiment of Hodson's Horse | 1857 | 9 B Cav |
| 2nd Regiment of Hodson's Horse | 1858 | 10 B Cav |
| 3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse | 1858 | disb 1861 |
| 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse) | 1857 | 11 B Cav |
| 2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry | 1857 | 12 B Cav |
| 3rd Sikh Irregular Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1859 |
| 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry | 1857 | 13 B Cav |
| The Jat Horse Yeomanry | 1857 | 14 B Cav |
| Rohilkhand Horse | 1857 | 16 B Cav |
| The Muttra Horse | 1857 | 17 B Cav |
| Alexander's Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Barrow's Volunteers | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Behar Irregular Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Belooch Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Benares Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Calcutta Volunteer Guards | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| De Kantzow's Irregular Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Graham's Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| 2nd Gwalior Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| 2nd Gwalior Mahratta Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| H.H. The Guicowar's Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Jackson's Volunteer Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Jellandhar Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Lahore Light Horse | 1857 | disb 1865 |
| 1st Mahratta Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Meerut Light Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Peshawar Light Horse | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Rajghazi Volunteer Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1867 |
| The Volunteer Cavalry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| Lind's and Cureton's Risalahs of Pathan Horse | 1858 | 15 B Cav |
| 2nd Mahratta Horse | 1858 | 18 B Cav |
| Fane's Horse | 1860 | 19 B Cav |
| The Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force | 1846 | |
| 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 4th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | disb 1882 |
| 5th Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
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Bengal Horse Artillery |
1800 | to Brit Army |
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Bengal European Foot Artillery |
1748 | to Brit Army |
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Bengal Native Foot Artillery |
1771 | disb 1862 |
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Punjab Horse Artillery, Punjab Irregular Force |
1849 | |
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The Corps of Bengal Sappers
and Miners |
1776 | |
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The Sebundy Sappers and Miners |
1838 | disb 1863 |
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Infantry |
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| 1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers | 1756 | to Brit Army |
| 2nd Bengal (European) Fusiliers | 1779 | to Brit Army |
| 3rd Bengal (European) Light Infantry | 1779 | to Brit Army |
| 4th Bengal European Regiment | 1858 | disb 1861 |
| 5th Bengal European Regiment | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| 6th Bengal European Regiment | 1858 | disb 1861 |
| 1st Regt of Punjab Bengal Native Infantry | 1757 | mutinied |
| 2nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1764 | disb 1859 |
| 3rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 4th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1764 | disb 1861 |
| 5th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1758 | mutinied |
| 6th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 7th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 8th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 9th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1761 | mutinied |
| 10th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 11th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 12th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1763 | mutinied |
| 13th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1764 | mutinied |
| 14th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1764 | mutinied |
| 15th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1764 | mutinied |
| 16th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1765 | mutinied |
| 17th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1765 | mutinied |
| 18th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1776 | mutinied |
| 19th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1776 | mutinied |
| 20th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1776 | mutinied |
| 21st Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1776 | 1 BNI |
| 22nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1778 | mutinied |
| 23rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1778 | mutinied |
| 24th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1779 | mutinied |
| 25th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1795 | disb 1857 |
| 26th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1797 | mutinied |
| 27th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1797 | disb 1857 |
| 28th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1797 | mutinied |
| 29th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1797 | mutinied |
| 30th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1798 | mutinied |
| 31st Regt of Bengal Light Infantry | 1798 | 2 BNI |
| 32nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1798 | 3 BNI |
| 33rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1798 | 4 BNI |
| 34th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1798 | mutinied |
| 35th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1798 | disb 1857 |
| 36th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1799 | mutinied |
| 37th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1799 | mutinied |
| 38th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1799 | mutinied |
| 39th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1799 | disb 1857 |
| 40th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1802 | mutinied |
| 41st Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1803 | mutinied |
| 42nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1803 | 5 BLI |
| 43rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1803 | 6 BLI |
| 44th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1803 | mutinied |
| 45th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1803 | mutinied |
| 46th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1803 | mutinied |
| 47th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | 7 BNI |
| 48th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 49th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | disb 1857 |
| 50th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 51st Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 52nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 53rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 54th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 55th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 56th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 57th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 58th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | disb 1861 |
| 59th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1814 | 8 BNI |
| 60th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1804 | mutinied |
| 61st Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1818 | mutinied |
| 62nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1818 | mutinied |
| 63rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1817 | 9 BNI |
| 64th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1818 | mutinied |
| 65th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1823 | 10 BNI |
| 66th, or Goorkha Light
Infantry Regt of Bengal Native Infantry [ex 4th Local Bn] |
1815 | 1 Gurkha LI |
| 67th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1823 | mutinied |
| 68th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1823 | mutinied |
| 69th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1825 | mutinied |
| 70th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1825 | 11 BNI |
| 71st Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1825 | mutinied |
| 72nd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1825 | mutinied |
| 73rd Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1825 | disb 1861 |
| 74th Regt of Bengal Native Infantry | 1825 | mutinied |
| The Alipore Regiment [ex 1st Local Bn] | 1795 | 1864: 18 BNI |
| The Ramgarh Light Infantry [ex 2nd Local Bn] | 1795 | mutinied |
| 3rd Local Battalion | 1792 | disb 1861 |
| The Sirmoor Rifle Regiment [ex 6th Local Bn] | 1815 | 2 Gurkha Regt |
| The Kamaoon Battalion [ex 7th Local Bn] | 1815 | 3 Gurkha Regt |
| 1st Assam Light Infantry [ex 8th Local Bn] | 1817 | 1864: 42 BNI |
| 11th Sylhet Local Light Infantry | 1824 | 1864: 44 BNI |
| The Mharwara Battalion | 1822 | |
| 2nd Assam Light Infantry | 1835 | 1864: 43 BNI |
| The Joudpore Legion | 1835 | mutinied |
| The Oudh Irregular Force | 1837 | mutinied |
| The Narbudda Sebundy Corps | 1835 | disb 1862 |
| The Shekhawati Battalion | 1835 | 1884: 13 BNI |
| The Harianna Light Infantry | 1836 | mutinied |
| The Regiment of Khelat-i-Gilzie | 1838 | 1864: 12 BNI |
| The Malwa Bheel Corps | 1840 | |
| The Mewar Bheel Corps | 1840 | |
| The Kotah Contingent | 1843 | mutinied |
| The Mehidpore Contingent | 1843 | mutinied |
| The Gwalior Contingent | 1843 | mutinied |
| The Malwa Contingent | 1845 | mutinied |
| The Bhopal Contingent | 1845 | mutinied |
| The Regiment of Ferozepore | 1846 | 1864: 14 BNI |
| The Regiment of Ludhiana | 1846 | 1864: 15 BNI |
| The Camel Corps | 1849 | disb 1861 |
| The Nusseree Battalion | 1850 | disb 1861 |
| The Nagpore Irregular Force | 1854 | disb 1862 |
| 1st Bengal Military Police Battalion | 1856 | 1864: 45 BNI |
| The Deoli Irregular Force | 1857 | |
| Extra Gurkha Regiment | 1857 | 4 Gurkha Regt |
| The Regiment of Lucknow | 1857 | 1864: 16 BNI |
| The Mhair Regiment | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| The Kamroop Regiment | 1857 | disb 1860 |
| The Landhoor Rangers | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Kuppurthala Contingent | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| 1st Gwalior Regiment | 1858 | 1864: 41 BNI disb 1882 |
| 2nd Gwalior Regiment | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Allahabad Levy | 1857 | 1864: 33 BNI |
| The Shahjehanpur Levy | 1857 | 1864: 40 BNI |
| The Cawnpore Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Fatehgarh Levy | 1858 | 1864: 34 BNI disb 1882 |
| The Moradabad Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Mynpoorie Levy | 1858 | 1864: 35 BNI disb 1882 |
| The Sealkote Infantry Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Bareilly Levy | 1858 | 1864: 36 BNI disb 1882 |
| The Goojramwallah Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Meerut Levy | 1858 | 1864: 37 BNI disb 1882 |
| The Kumaon Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Agra Levy | 1858 | 1864: 38 BNI |
| The Cole and Sonthal Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Aligarh Levy | 1858 | 1864: 39 BNI disb 1890 |
| The Rajpoot Levy | 1858 | disb 1860 |
| The Loyal Purbeah Regiment | 1858 | 1864: 17 BNI |
| The East Indian Regiment | 1859 | disb 1865 |
| Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force | 1846 | |
| 1st Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1846 | |
| 2nd or Hill Regiment of Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1846 | |
| 3rd Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1846 | |
| 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1846 | |
| 1st Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 2nd Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 3rd Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | disb 1882 |
| 4th Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 5th Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1849 | |
| 6th Infantry, Punjab Irregular Force | 1843 | |
| 7th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 19 BNI |
| 8th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 20 BNI |
| 9th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 21 BNI |
| 10th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| 11th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 22 BNI |
| 12th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| 13th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| 14th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | disb 1861 |
| 15th (Pioneer) Regiment of Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 23 BNI |
| 16th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 24 BNI |
| 17th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 25 BNI |
| 18th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 26 BNI |
| 19th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 27 BNI |
| 20th Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 28 BNI |
| 21st Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 29 BNI |
| 22nd Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 30 BNI |
| 23rd Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 31 BNI |
| 24th (Pioneer) Punjab Infantry | 1857 | 1864: 32 BNI |
| 25th Punjab Infantry | 1858 | 1861: 7 Inf, PIF 1887: 5 Gurkha |