The 2nd Bombay Pioneers were a regiment of the British Indian Army

British Indian Army

The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...

. The regiment was formed in 1922, when the Indian army moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. They became The Corps of Bombay Pioneers in 1929, and were disbanded in 1933.

Constituents

The redesignation of the Bombay Pioneer battalions was as follows:

• 107th Pioneers
  107th Pioneers
  The 107th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1788, when they were raised as the 4th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys.The regiments first action was in the Third Anglo-Mysore War...
  
   were redesignated the 1st Battalion.
• 12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment)
  12th Pioneers (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie Regiment)
  The 12th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1838, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion, Shah Shuja's Force. In 1842 the battalion distinguished itself at the battle of fort "Kelat-i-Ghilzie" for which it was allowed to retain the...
  
   were redesignated the 2nd Battalion.
• 128th Pioneers
  128th Pioneers
  The 128th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1846, when they were raised as the 28th Bombay Native Infantry....
  
   were redesignated the 3rd Battalion.
• 48th Pioneers
  48th Pioneers
  The 48th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1901, when they were raised as the 48th Bengal Infantry....
  
   were redesignated the 4th Battalion.
• 121st Pioneers
  121st Pioneers
  The 121st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the Marine Battalion....
  
   were redesignated the 10th (Training) Battalion.

See also

• Indian Army
  Indian Army
  The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
  
  
• Indian Army Corps of Engineers
  Indian Army Corps of Engineers
  The Indian Army Corps of Engineers has a long and illustrious history dating back to the mid-18th century. The earliest existing subunit of the Corps dates back to 1777 while the Corps officially recognises its birth as 1780 when the senior most group of the Corps, the Madras Sappers were...
  
  
• Madras Engineer Group
  Madras Engineer Group
  Madras Engineer Group are a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bangalore...
  
  
• Bombay Engineer Group
  Bombay Engineer Group
  The Bombay Engineering Group, or the Bombay Sappers as they are informally known, are a regiment of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. The Bombay Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its centre in Khadki, Pune in...