title: 20th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
text: # 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
  
  