Bangali Platoon or Bengalee Regiment was a regiment of Bengali soldiers raised during the First World War with Lt. S. G. Taylor as a Regiment Commander. At the beginning of the First World War (1914–1918). So that time many non-combatant soldiers and skilled and unskilled laborers were also recruited from Bengal. In middle 1916, the British Government decided to create a regiment of Bengali soldiers. At first, it was called Bengali Double Company. These Double Companies, each consisting of 228 soldiers, are thought to annex with Indian Army as a regiment. The Bengali Double Company raised the first Bengali Battalion on 26 June 1917. It was named the 49th Bengalee regiment or briefly the 49th Bengalee. It was disbanded in 1920.
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