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Stations of the Indian Army, 4 October 1884 Stations of the Indian Army 4 October 1884 Bengal Army Regiment Station 1st Bengal Cavalry Cawnpore 2nd Bengal Cavalry Lucknow 3rd Bengal Cavalry Sealkote 4th Bengal Cavalry Morar 5th Bengal Cavalry Bareilly 6th Bengal Cavalry Segowlie 7th Bengal Cavalry Allahabad 8th Bengal Cavalry Saugor 9th Bengal Cavalry Peshawur 10th Bengal Cavalry Thull 11th Bengal Cavalry Umballa 12th Bengal Cavalry Jhansi 13th Bengal Cavalry Meerut 14th Bengal Cavalry Mean Meer 15th Bengal Cavalry Rawul Pindee 18th Bengal Cavalry Nowshera 19th Bengal Cavalry Jhelum 1st Central India Horse Agra 2nd Central India Horse Gunah 1st Bengal Native Infantry Rawul Pindee 2nd Bengal Native Infantry Barrackpore 3rd Bengal Native Infantry Nowgong 4th Bengal Native Infantry Alipore 5th Bengal Native Infantry Gorakpore 6th Bengal Native Infantry Moradabad 7th Bengal Native Infantry Morar 8th Bengal Native Infantry Nowshera 9th Bengal Native Infantry Peshawur 10th Bengal Native Infantry Benares 11th Bengal Native Infantry Lucknow 12th Bengal Native Infantry Cachar 13th Bengal Native Infantry Bareilly 14th Bengal Native Infantry Agra 15th Bengal Native Infantry Lucknow 16th Bengal Native Infantry Fyzabad 17th Bengal Native Infantry Fort Wiliiam 18th Bengal Native Infantry Dinapore 19th Bengal Native Infantry Ferozepore 20th Bengal Native Infantry Jullundur 21st Bengal Native Infantry Rawul Pindee 22nd Bengal Native Infantry Delhi 23rd Bengal Native Infantry Hurnai Pass 24th Bengal Native Infantry Mean Meer 25th Bengal Native Infantry Mooltan 26th Bengal Native Infantry Peshawur 27th Bengal Native Infantry Morar 28th Bengal Native Infantry Allahabad 29th Bengal Native Infantry Agra 1 Regiment Station 30th Bengal Native Infantry Meerut 31st Bengal Native Infantry Peshawur 32nd Bengal Native Infantry Umballa 33rd Bengal Native Infantry Buxar 38th Bengal Native Infantry Peshawur 39th Bengal Native Infantry Cawnpore 40th Bengal Native Infantry Jhansi 42nd Bengal Native Infantry Dibroogurh 43rd Bengal Native Infantry Shillong 44th Bengal Native Infantry Kohima 45th Bengal Native Infantry Jhelum 1st Goorka Regiment Dhurmsala 2nd Goorka Regiment Dobra Dhoon 3rd Goorka Regiment Almorah 4th Goorka Regiment Bakloh 5th Goorka Regiment Abbottabad Punjab Field Force Artillery: HQ Abottabad No. 1 Moutain Battery Abbottabad No. 2 Mountain Battery Edwardesbad No. 3 Mountain Battery Kohat No. 4 Hazara Mules Battery Dera Ismail Khan No. 5 Garrison Kohat 1st Punjab Cavalry Edwardesbad 2nd Punjab Cavalry Dera Ismail Khan 3rd Punjab Cavalry Rajanpore 5th Punjab Cavalry Dera Ghazi Khan 1st Sikh Infantry Dera Ismail Khan 2nd Sikh Infantry Abbottabad 3rd Sikh Infantry Kohat 4th Sikh Infantry Edwardesbad 1st Punjab Infantry Kohat 2nd Punjab Infantry Kohat 4th Punjab Infantry Dera Ghazi Khan 5th Punjab Infantry Dera Ismail Khan 6th Punjab Infantry Edwardesbad Corps of Guides Murdan Malwa Bheel Corps Sirdarpore Meywar Bheel Corps Kherwarah Erinpoora Irregular Force Erinpoora Deolee Irregular Force Deolee Bhopaul Battalion Sehore Mhuirwarra Battalion Ajmeer Madras Army Regiment Station 1st Madras Light Cavalry Bangalore 2nd Madras Light Cavalry Bellary 3rd Madras Light Cavalry Secunderabad 4th Madras Light Cavalry Kamptee 2 1st Madras Native Infantry Beloochistan 2nd Madras Native Infantry Saugor 3rd or Palmacotta Light Infantry Tonghoo 4th Madras Native Infantry Bangalore 5th Madras Native Infantry Rangoon 6th Madras Native Infantry Quilon 7th Madras Native Infantry Kamptee 8th Madras Native Infantry Rajpore 9th Madras Native Infantry Secunderabad 10th Madras Native Infantry Vellore 11th Madras Native Infantry Rangoon 12th Madras Native Infantry Palaveraum 13th Madras Native Infantry Jubbulpore 14th Madras Native Infantry Bangalore 15th Madras Native Infantry Bangalore 16th Madras Native Infantry Vizianagram 17th Madras Native Infantry Secunderabd 19th Madras Native Infantry Cannanore 20th Madras Native Infantry Kamptee 21st Madras Native Infantry Trichinopoly 22nd Madras Native Infantry Madras 23rd Madras Native Infantry Seetabuldee 24th Madras Native Infantry Secunderabad 25th Madras Native Infantry Bellary 26th Madras Native Infantry Madras 27th Madras Native Infantry Bellary 28th Madras Native Infantry Thyetmyo 29th Madras Native Infantry Sumbulpore 30th Madras Native Infantry Trichinopoly 31st Madras Native Infantry Secunderabad 32nd Madras Native Infantry Cuttack 33rd Madras Native Infantry Mangalore Bombay Army Regiment Station 1st Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers) Quetta 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry Deesa 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers) Neemuch Poona Horse Poona 1st Sind Horse Jacobabd 2nd Sind Horse Jacobabad Aden Troop Aden 1st Bombay or Grenadier Native Infantry Malligaum 2nd Bombay Native Light Infantry Quetta District 3rd Bombay Native Light Infantry Dukki 4th Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps) Aden 5th Bombay Native Light Infantry Mhow 7th Bombay Native Infantry Ahmednuggur 8th Bombay Native Infantry Nusseerabad 9th Bombay Native Infantry Poona 10th Bombay Native Light Infantry Bombay 12th Bombay Native Light Infantry Quetta District 13th Bombay Native Light Infantry Rajkote 14th Bombay Native Light Infantry Poona 16th Bombay Native Light Infantry Baroda 3 Regiment Station 17th Bombay Native Light Infantry Neemuch 19th Bombay Native Light Infantry Deesa 20th Bombay Native Light Infantry Belgaum 21st Maratta Battalion Bombay 22nd Bombay Native Infantry Satara 23rd Bombay Native Light Infantry Ahmedabad 24th Bombay Native Infantry Belgaum 25th Bombay Native Light Infantry Bhooj 26th Bombay Native Infantry Quetta 27th Bombay Native Light Infantry Jacobabad 28th Bombay Native Infantry Poona 29th or 2nd Belooch Regiment Hyderabad 30th or Jacob's Rifles Kurrachee The Army and Navy Gazette, Supplement, 1884 Copyright GFN 1994. 4 .
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