The regiment traces their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, Bombay Sepoys.

The regiments first action was during the Mysore Campaign in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

During World War I they remained in India with the 9th (Secunderabad) Division on training and internal security duties.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.

After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the Indian Army.