The Bengal Native Infantry was part of the organisation of the East India Company

East India Company

The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...

's Bengal Army

Bengal Army

The Bengal Army was the army of the Presidency of Bengal, one of the three Presidencies of British India, in South Asia. Although based in Bengal in eastern India, the presidency stretched across northern India and the Himalayas all the way to the North West Frontier Province...

 before the Indian rebellion of 1857

Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...

.

The infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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s underwent frequent changes of numbering during their period of existence. The traditional formation of British and Presidency Armies

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' Regiments was by a hierarchy in which the "1st Regiment" was the oldest and the highest number was given to the youngest. In 1764, the Bengal Native Infantry regiments were renumbered in the order of the seniority of their captain.

The vast majority of the Bengal Native Infantry regiments rebelled in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

1825 list of Regiments

• 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 4th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 6th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 7th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 10th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 12th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 13th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 15th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
  The 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, commonly shortened to 2nd Rajputs, was a regiment of the British Indian Army, with an origin in 1798 and amalgamated with five other Rajput regiments in 1922.-History:...
  
  
• 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  17th Infantry
  The 17th Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, later of the united British Indian Army. It was formed at Phillour in 1858 by Major J. C...
  
  
• 18th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 22nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 26th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 28th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 29th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 30th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 31st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry
  The 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry, commonly shortened to 2nd Rajputs, was a regiment of the British Indian Army, with an origin in 1798 and amalgamated with five other Rajput regiments in 1922.-History:...
  
  
• 32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs
  The 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs was an infantry battalion of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1798, when they were the 2nd Battalion, 16th Bengal Native Infantry. Over the years they became known by a number of different titles...
  
  
• 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 35th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 38th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 39th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 40th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 41st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  5th Light Infantry
  The 5th Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the raj-period Indian Army. It could trace its lineage back to 1803, when it was the 2nd Battalion, 21st Bengal Native Infantry...
  
  
• 43rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
  6th Jat Light Infantry
  The 6th Jat Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, later of the united British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1803, when they were the 1st Battalion, 22nd Bengal Native Infantry...
  
  
• 44th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 45th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 47th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 49th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 50th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 51st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 52nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 53rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 54th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 55th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 57th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 58th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 59th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 60th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 61st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 62nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 63rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 64th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 65th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 66th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 67th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 68th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 70th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 71st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 72nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 73rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
• 74th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry