The 61st Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.

They trace their origins to 1758 (267 years ago) (1758), when they were raised as the 1st Battalion Coast Sepoys.

They were next in action during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in the Central India Campaign.

During World War I they were part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Division in the 27th Bangalore Brigade.

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