The regiment traces their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 3rd Battalion, Bombay Sepoys.

They were then used in the punitive expedition in the Beni Boo Ali campaign in 1821, against the pirates in Eastern Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

The regiment was involved in the Siege of Kahun next during the First Afghan War.

They were then part of the force used in the annexation of Burma during the Second Burmese War, this being their final action in the 19th century.

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