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6th Bengal European Regiment

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As with all other "European" units of the Company, they were placed under the command of the Crown following the end of the Mutiny in 1858. The regiment was reduced to cadre strength in 1861, and disbanded in 1867.
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by the East India Company in 1858, for service in the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1867
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Infantry regiment of the British East India Company
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