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How many of 74 regular Bengal Native Infantry regiments escaped mutiny or disbandment?
AForty-five
BThirty
CSixty
DTwelve
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Twelve
Only twelve of the 74 regular regiments escaped mutiny or disbandment, so the old Bengal Army almost vanished.
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