About this stamp
On the Stamp
A regimental shrine in gold and red, its row of columns topped by a flaming grenade bearing a white horse, with the words “2 Grenadiers 1796–1996” in Hindi and English and “Bicentenary” at the side, on a ₹5 stamp.
2nd Battalion, The Grenadiers
India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 4 December 1996 for the bicentenary of the battalion, which was raised at Calicut in 1796 as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry. It later became the 102nd Grenadiers and, in the reorganisation of 1922, the 2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers. It was allocated to India at Partition in 1947 and took its present name, 2nd Battalion, The Grenadiers. Its early battle honours include Egypt and Kirkee. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia, on Indian Philatelics’ listing of the issue and on the stamp itself.
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