British India

3^rd Brahmans

5^th Light Infantry

17^th The Loyal Regiment

	Presidency of Bengal
1798:	1st Battalion, 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │
1803:	│ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, 21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │
1824:	32nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │	42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │
1858:	│ │ │	│ │ │	raised from 3rd, 36th and 61st BNI Loyal Purbiah Levy │
	Rebuilding the Bengal Army
	│	│	│
1861:	3rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │	5th Regiment of Bengal Native Light Infantry │	21st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │
1861:	│ │ │	│ │ │	17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │
1864:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	17th (The Loyal Purbiah) Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry │
1885:	3rd Regiment of Bengal Infantry │ │	5th Regiment of Bengal Light Infantry │ │	17th (The Loyal Purbiah) Regiment of Bengal Infantry │
1898:	│ │ │	│ │ │	17th (The Loyal) Regiment of Bengal Infantry │
1901:	3rd Infantry │	5th Light Infantry │	17th Bengal Infantry │
1902:	│ │ │	│ │ │	17th Musalman Rajput Infantry (The Loyal Regiment) │
	Renumbering into the Indian Army
	│	│	│
1903:	3rd Brahmans	│	17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment)
	│	│	│
1918:	2nd Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised │	2nd Battalion raised │
1919:	│ │	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │
1920:	2nd Battalion disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1921:	│ │	│ │	2nd Battalion disbanded │
1922:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded

____________________

The Regular Infantry Regiments of the British Indian, Indian and Pakistan Army
The Regiments of the British Indian, Indian and Pakistan Army
Regiments - Regimenter - Régiments - Reggimenti - Regimenten