18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

Chronology

• 1776 raised for the Vizier of Oude
• 1777 incorporated in HEIC service as the 23rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1781 became the 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1784 became the 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1786 became the 20th Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1824 became the 18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 1857 mutinied at Bareilly 31 May