India: The Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny of 1857: Regiments that Rebelled/Mutinied

India: The Sepoy Rebellion/Mutiny of 1857: Regiments that Rebelled/Mutinied
v.1.0 March 24, 2002

Ravi Rikhye Sources:

Major A.H. Amin writing in the Pakistan Defense Journal www.pakistandefence.com.
Todd Mills www.regiments.org, "Regiments and Corps of the Bengal Army, Honorable East India Company, 1859".

To the British, the events of 1857 were a mutiny. To the Indians, they were a rebellion. Some call 1857 India’s first war for independence. A substantial part of the Bengal Army, which garrisoned Bengal and North India, revolted. It appears only two battalions from the other armies joined the Bengal troops. The number of troops remaining loyal was:

Punjab troops 80,000
Bombay Army 36,710
Madras Army 59, 391
Nepal troops 10,000
British troops 24,263 [Later increased to about 80,000]

Regiments that Mutinied/Rebelled

21^st Bombay Native Infantry

27^th Bombay Native Infantry

1^st Bengal Light Cavalry

2^nd Bengal Light Cavalry

3^rd Bengal Light Cavalry

6^th Bengal Light Cavalry

7^th Bengal Light Cavalry

9^th Bengal Light Cavalry

10^th Bengal Light Cavalry

3^rd Bengal Irregular Cavalry

5^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry

12^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry

13^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry

14^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry

15^th Bengal Irregular Cavalry

Jodhpore Legion Cavalry

Bundelkhand Legion Cavalry

Gwalior Contingent

Kotah Contingent

Bhopal Contingent

United Malwa Contingent

Nagpore Irregular Cavalry

1^st Oudh Irregular Cavalry

2^nd Oudh Irregular Cavalry

3^rd Oudh Irregular Cavalry

1^st Punjab Bengal Native Infantry

3^rd Bengal Native Infantry

5^th Bengal Native Infantry

6^th Bengal Native Infantry

7^th Bengal Native Infantry

8^th Bengal Native Infantry

9^th Bengal Native Infantry

10^th Bengal Native Infantry

11^th Bengal Native Infantry

12^th Bengal Native Infantry

13^th Bengal Native Infantry

14^th Bengal Native Infantry

15^th Bengal Native Infantry

16^th Bengal Native Infantry

17^th Bengal Native Infantry

18^th Bengal Native Infantry

19^th Bengal Native Infantry

20^th Bengal Native Infantry

22^nd Bengal Native Infantry

23^rd Bengal Native Infantry

24^th Bengal Native Infantry

26^th Bengal Native Infantry

28^th Bengal Native Infantry

29^th Bengal Native Infantry

30^th Bengal Native Infantry

34^th Bengal Native Infantry

36^th Bengal Native Infantry

37^th Bengal Native Infantry

38^th Bengal Native Infantry

40^th Bengal Native Infantry

41^st Bengal Native Infantry

44^th Bengal Native Infantry

45^th Bengal Native Infantry

46^th Bengal Native Infantry

48^th Bengal Native Infantry

50^th Bengal Native Infantry

51^st Bengal Native Infantry

52^nd Bengal Native Infantry

53^rd Bengal Native Infantry

54^th Bengal Native Infantry

55^th Bengal Native Infantry

56^th Bengal Native Infantry

57^th Bengal Native Infantry

60^th Bengal Native Infantry

61^st Bengal Native Infantry

62^nd Bengal Native Infantry

64^th Bengal Native Infantry

67^th Bengal Native Infantry

68^th Bengal Native Infantry

69^th Bengal Native Infantry

Ramgarh Light Infantry

Jodhpore Legion

Oudh Irregular Force

Harianna Light Infantry

Kotah Contingent

Medhdipore Contingent

Gwalior Contingent

Bhopal Contingent

The total number of regiments in the Bengal Army was [approximate count]:

Cavalry

- 5 Bengal European Cavalry Regiments

- 10 Bengal Light Cavalry Regiments

- 18 Irregular Cavalry Regiments

- 50 other cavalry regiments

Infantry

- 6 Bengal European Infantry Regiments

- 74 Bengal Native Infantry Regiments

- 82 other regiments