Presentation of New Colours to the 28th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, at Umballah, 1856. Creator: Unknown
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Presentation of New Colours to the 28th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, at Umballah, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Presentation of New Colours to the 28th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, at Umballah, 1856. View of...the moment the new colours were presented by the Commander-in-Chief to the native officers - the Grenadier Company being in front, and the band on its left. A part of the regiment is seen in line, with the European officers in front at open order. In the background are the barracks of H.M. 9th Lancers. Some of the spectators are on elephants, some on horseback, and the Staff dismounted, &c....the band [changed] to "Taza ba Taza" (an Indian air - very popular with the Sepoys).The new colours then took their place in the centre of the line, on the right and left of the honorary colour, which remained in the centre throughout the ceremony, the regiment presenting arms, and the band playing the "National Anthem". From "Illustrated London News", 1856
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