The Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidency armies, like...
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The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British...
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Army. The unit was originally part of the Bengal Army of the East India Company's Bengal Presidency, and subsequently part of the British Indian Army...
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rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Bengal (/bɛnˈɡɔːl/ ben-GAWL; Bengali: বঙ্গ, romanized: Bôṅgo, pronounced [ˈbɔŋgo]...
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Indian sepoys. The presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army. Initially, only Europeans served...
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the Bengal Army that saw the Bengal Native Infantry regiments reduced to 45. The title "Bengal Native Infantry" fell out of use in 1885 and the Bengal Infantry...
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 (section The Bengal Army)
Company's forces were divided into three presidency armies: Bombay, Madras, and Bengal. The Bengal Army recruited higher castes, such as Brahmins, Rajputs...
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martial tradition of Bengal has its roots in the army of Kings and their chiefs, who were called Senapati or Mahasenapati. Armies were composed of infantry...
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Battle of Chillianwala (section Bengal Army)
hasty action. Gough's army was composed of two infantry divisions, each of two brigades, each in turn of one British and two Bengal Native infantry battalions...
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Army appears to have been first used informally, as a collective description of the Presidency armies, which collectively comprised the Bengal Army,...
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important consideration in an army that valued impressive appearance amongst its soldiers. Despite its name the Bengal army, created first, mostly recruited...
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northern Bihar. He led the first Muslim army into Nepal, raided the Kathmandu Valley, and returned to Bengal with treasures. He controlled an area stretching...
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East Bengal Regimental Centre (EBRC) Engineer Centre and School of Military Engineering (ECSME) Signals Corps Training Center and School (STC&S) Army Medical...
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Battle of Ferozeshah (section Bengal Army regiments)
was already stationed at Ferozepur, and a large army under the Commander-in-Chief of the Bengal Army, Sir Hugh Gough, accompanied by the Governor General...
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Bengal Regiment (Bengali: ইস্ট বেঙ্গল রেজিমেন্ট) is an infantry regiment of the Bangladesh Army. It was founded by Major Abdul Gani. The East Bengal Regiment...
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Indian independence). An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield...
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company began to maintain armies at Calcutta (Bengal Army), Madras (Madras Army) and Bombay (Bombay Army). The presidency armies had their own Regiments...
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Bengal Lancers may refer to numerous regiments of the British Indian Army, many continuing in the Indian Army. 1st Bengal Lancers 2nd Bengal Lancers 4th...
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CB (1817 – 8 March 1888) was an Anglo-Indian military officer in the Bengal Army. Metcalfe was born in India, an illegitimate son of Charles Metcalfe...
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(C-in-C) in 1748 to head its three Presidency Armies, namely the Bengal Army, the Bombay Army and the Madras Army. Following the 1857-58 Indian rebellion against...
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Second Anglo-Sikh war (category History of the Bengal Sappers)
after the war by reducing the size of the Bengal Army by 50,000 men. The Sardars (generals) of the Sikh Army naturally resented carrying out the orders...
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West Bengal (/bɛnˈɡɔːl/; Bengali: Poshchim Bongo, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃim ˈbɔŋɡo] , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along...
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The Bengal Subah, also referred to as Mughal Bengal, was the largest subdivision of Mughal India encompassing much of the Bengal region, which includes...
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Zamindars of Bengal were generally less powerful and had less autonomy than the Zamindars of Bihar who were able to maintain standing armies of their own...
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who was in British custody in Lahore. The Sikh army was defeated by the British regular and Bengal Army forces of the British East India Company. After...
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Mangal Pandey (category British East India Company Army soldiers)
Pandey had joined the Bengal Army in 1849. In March 1857, he was a private soldier (sepoy) in the 5th Company of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry. On the...
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Battle of Plassey (redirect from Battle of Bengal)
Mir Jafar, the commander-in-chief of the Nawab's army, and also promised to make him Nawab of Bengal. Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey in 1757...
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Thompson, Lady Butler. It depicts William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842. The walls of Jalalabad...
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5th Light Infantry (redirect from 42nd Bengal Native Infantry)
Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the raj-period British Indian Army. It could trace its lineage back to 1803, when...
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The history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia....
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