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1st Brahmans battalion regiment
Active1776 -1931
CountryBritish India
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
Nickname(s)Neelwar ki Paltan
UniformScarlet; faced white
EngagementsSecond Anglo-Maratha War 1803-05
Anglo-Nepalese War 1814-16
First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-26
Siege of Bhurtpore 1826
First Afghan War 1839
Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-87
First World War 1914-18
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Major General LHP de H Larpent

The 1st Brahmans was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised at Oudh by Captain T Naylor in 1776 for service in the army of Nawab Wazir of Oudh, and was known as the Nawab Wazir's Regiment. It was transferred to the East India Company in 1777. In 1922, it was designated as the 4th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment. The regiment was disbanded in 1931.[1]

  1. ^ India, Army Headquarters (2012-02-03). Indian Army List January 1919 — Volume 2. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-78150-257-0.

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