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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.




Designations


Over the years the regiment was known by a number of different designations:

1776 Nawab Wazir's Brahaman Regiment
1777 30th Battalion of Bengal Sepoys
1781 23rd Regiment of Bengal Sepoys
1784 29th Regiment of Bengal Sepoys
1786 29th Bengal Sepoy Battalion
1796 2nd Battalion 9th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1824 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1861 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
1885 1st Regiment of Bengal Infantry
1901 1st Brahman Infantry
1903 1st Brahmans
1917 2nd Battalion raised
1922 4th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment




History






= East India Company service

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While in the service of the East India Company the regiment was awarded battle honours for service in the Second Maratha War 1803–05, the Anglo-Nepalese War 1814–16, the Second Anglo-Burmese War 1824–26 and the Bhurtpore Campaign 1826.




= Post First War of Independence 1857

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The regiment was the senior-most among the twelve Bengal Native Infantry regiments that survived the Great Indian Rebellion of 1857–58. It was accordingly one of the small number of Bengal regular infantry regiments to retain the traditions of East India Company service in the new post-Mutiny army. Renumbered as the 1st of the Bengal line, it subsequently saw active service in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885–87. Following the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army, when the names of the presidencies were dropped, the regiment became the 1st Brahman Infantry in 1901.




= World War I

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In 1914, the regimental centre of the 1st Brahmans was located at Prayagraj and it was linked with the 3rd Brahmans. The regiment was recruited mostly from agricultural Brahmins (Kanyakubja, Saryupareen, Gaur). Full dress uniform of the sepoys included a high khaki turban with red fringe, a scarlet kurta (long coat) with white facings, white waist-sash, dark blue trousers and white leggings.
The regiment spent part of World War I in India before being posted to Aden, then under threat from Ottoman forces. A second battalion raised in 1917 saw service in the Persian Gulf.




= Post-war service and disbandment

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After the war, a major reorganization was undertaken in the Indian Army and the various single-battalion infantry regiments were grouped together to form larger regiments of four to six battalions each. The 1st Brahmans became the 4th Battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment in 1922. It was disbanded in 1931 due to retrenchment in the Indian Army.




Deployments


-1888 Upper Burma
1888-1891 Nowgong
1891-1895 Jabalpur
1895-1896 Peshawar
1896-1898 Jhansi
May 1898-1901 Mauritius
1901-1905 Allahabad
1905-1910 Jabalpur
1910-1914 Bolarum
1920-1921 Aden
1921-1922 Fatehgarh
1922-1923 Delhi
1923-1926 Waziristan
1926-1927 Jhansi
1927-1928 Overseas
1928- Jhansi
1929-1930 Fort Sandeman (Zhob)
1930-1931 Loralai




= 2nd Battalion

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1920-1921 Overseas




Uniform


1890-1894 Uniform Red, Facings White.
1894-1925 Uniform Scarlet, Facings White, Lace Gold, Turban Khaki with Red fall.
1925-1931 Uniform Scarlet, Facings Grass Green.




Regimental Centre


1890-1922 Allahabad
1922-1931 Jhelum




Class composition


1895-1916 8 companies Brahmins.
1917-1921 4 companies Brahmins.
1921-1922 2 companies Brahmins from United Provinces, 1 company Jats from United Provinces, 1 company Hindustani Muslims
1922-1923 2 companies Brahmins from United Provinces, 1 company Garhwali Brahmins, 1 company Punjabi Muslims
1923 1 company Brahmins from United Provinces, 2 companies Garhwali Brahmins, 1 company Punjabi Muslims
1923-1925 Brahmins from United Provinces, Garhwali Brahmins, Punjabi Muslims
1925-1928 1 company Brahmins from United Provinces, 2 companies Garhwali Brahmins, 1 company Punjabi Muslims
1928-1929 3 companies Garhwali Brahmins, 1 company Punjabi Muslims
1929-1931 Garhwali Brahmins, Punjabi Muslims




= 2nd Battalion

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1917-1921 1 company Kanaujia Brahmins, 1 company Gaur Brahmins, 1 company Sarwariya Brahmins, 1 company Sanadhya Brahmins.




See also


1st Punjab Regiment
Bengal Native Infantry




References






Sources


Barthorp, Michael; Burn, Jeffrey (1979). Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-307-0.
Sumner, Ian (2001). The Indian Army 1914–1947. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-196-6.
Qureshi, Maj MI. (1958). The First Punjabis: History of the First Punjab Regiment, 1759-1956. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.

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