20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
# 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry

## Chronology

* 1776 raised for the Vizier of Oude under Captain Baillie
* 1777 incorporated in HEIC service as the 27th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
* 1781 became the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
* 1784 became the 23rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
* 1786 became the 23rd Battalion of Bengal Native Infantry
* 1796 became the 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
* 1824 became the 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
* 1857 Mutinied at Meerut 10 May

In 1861, after the mutiny, the title was given to the 8th Regiment of Punjab Infantry

