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{{About|BEG - Bengal Engineer Group||BEG (disambiguation){{!}}BEG}} | {{About|BEG - Bengal Engineer Group||BEG (disambiguation){{!}}BEG}} | ||
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The Bengal Sappers are one of the few remaining regiments of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency Army and survived the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Rebellion of 1857]] due to their "sterling work" in the recapture by the East India Company of [[Delhi]] and other operations in 1857–58. The troops of the Bengal Sappers have been a familiar sight for over 200 years in the battlefields of [[British India]] with their never-say-die attitude of ''Chak De'' and brandishing their favourite tool the ''hamber''.<ref name="tri">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081124/dplus1.htm Bengal Sappers’ saga of valour] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 24 November 2008.</ref><ref name="sama">[http://mod.nic.in/Samachar/nov1-03/html/ch1.htm Bengal Sappers: 'Sarvatra' for Two Hundred Years] ''Sainik Samachar'', Vol. 50, No. 21, 1–15 November 2003, 10-24 Kartika, 1925 (Saka), [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Govt. of India]].</ref><ref name="bharat">[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Corps-Engineers.html Corps of Engineers, Indian Army] ''bharat-rakshak.com''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925210422/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Corps-Engineers.html |date=25 September 2008 }}</ref> | The Bengal Sappers are one of the few remaining regiments of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency Army and survived the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Rebellion of 1857]] due to their "sterling work" in the recapture by the East India Company of [[Delhi]] and other operations in 1857–58. The troops of the Bengal Sappers have been a familiar sight for over 200 years in the battlefields of [[British India]] with their never-say-die attitude of ''Chak De'' and brandishing their favourite tool the ''hamber''.<ref name="tri">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081124/dplus1.htm Bengal Sappers’ saga of valour] ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 24 November 2008.</ref><ref name="sama">[http://mod.nic.in/Samachar/nov1-03/html/ch1.htm Bengal Sappers: 'Sarvatra' for Two Hundred Years] ''Sainik Samachar'', Vol. 50, No. 21, 1–15 November 2003, 10-24 Kartika, 1925 (Saka), [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], [[Govt. of India]].</ref><ref name="bharat">[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Corps-Engineers.html Corps of Engineers, Indian Army] ''bharat-rakshak.com''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925210422/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/Corps-Engineers.html |date=25 September 2008 }}</ref> | ||
Over the years the Bengal Sappers have won many [[battle honour|battle]] and [[theatre honour]]s, 11 [[Victoria Cross]], 116 [[Indian Order of Merit]], 17 [[Shaurya Chakra]], 93 [[Sena Medal]]s and 11 [[Arjun Award]]s, the highest number of won by any single organization in the country.<ref name="tri" /><ref>[http://haridwar.nic.in/beg.htm Bengal Engineering Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201071759/http://haridwar.nic.in/beg.htm |date=1 February 2009 }} ''[[Haridwar]]'' Official website.</ref> [[Lt Gen]] [[Joginder Singh Dhillon]] was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936 and commanded the First [[Republic Day Parade]] in [[New Delhi]],{{citation needed|date=October | Over the years the Bengal Sappers have won many [[battle honour|battle]] and [[theatre honour]]s, 11 [[Victoria Cross]], 116 [[Indian Order of Merit]], 17 [[Shaurya Chakra]], 93 [[Sena Medal]]s and 11 [[Arjun Award]]s, the highest number of won by any single organization in the country.<ref name="tri" /><ref>[http://haridwar.nic.in/beg.htm Bengal Engineering Group] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201071759/http://haridwar.nic.in/beg.htm |date=1 February 2009 }} ''[[Haridwar]]'' Official website.</ref> [[Lt Gen]] [[Joginder Singh Dhillon]] was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936 and commanded the First [[Republic Day Parade]] in [[New Delhi]],{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} becoming the first army officer to be awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in November 1965.<ref>[http://www.bsoaroorkee.org/legend2.htm Unique Achievements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915115708/http://www.bsoaroorkee.org/legend2.htm |date=15 September 2008 }} ''[[Bengal Sappers]]''.</ref> Among the [[Sapper#Indian Army|three Sapper units of the Indian Army]], the Bengal Sappers was the first engineer group to receive the 'President Colours' in recognition of its service to the nation, on 12 January 1989, by [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]], the eight [[President of India]], who presented the [[Regimental Colour]]s to Bengal Engineer Group at Roorkee.<ref name="bharat" /> | ||
Besides service on the battlefield, the Bengal Engineers also rendered valuable peacetime contributions. The military engineer Lt. James Agg designed [[St. John's Church, Kolkata|St John's Church, Calcutta]]. It was based on [[James Gibbs]]'s [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] in [[London]] and was [[consecrated]] in 1787.<ref>{{cite web |title=Churches in Kolkata |url=http://www.kolkataonline.in/Tourism/ReligiousSpots/Churches.aspx |access-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803193552/http://www.kolkataonline.in/Tourism/ReligiousSpots/Churches.aspx |archive-date=3 August 2012 }}</ref> St John's was the [[Anglican]] [[cathedral]] of the city – capital of the Bengal Presidency – until [[St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta|St Paul's Cathedral]], begun 1839, was completed in 1847.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Forbes, William Nairn|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001/acref-9780199674985-e-6523|work=A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture|year=2015|editor-last=Curl|editor-first=James Stevens|edition=3rd|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-967498-5|access-date=2020-06-30|editor2-last=Wilson|editor2-first=Susan}}</ref> St Paul's was also designed by a Bengal Engineer, [[William Nairn Forbes]], who was also [[architect]] of the "Old Silver Mint" building at the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata]], basing its [[portico]] on the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Acropolis of Athens]].<ref name=":0" /> | Besides service on the battlefield, the Bengal Engineers also rendered valuable peacetime contributions. The military engineer Lt. James Agg designed [[St. John's Church, Kolkata|St John's Church, Calcutta]]. It was based on [[James Gibbs]]'s [[St Martin-in-the-Fields]] in [[London]] and was [[consecrated]] in 1787.<ref>{{cite web |title=Churches in Kolkata |url=http://www.kolkataonline.in/Tourism/ReligiousSpots/Churches.aspx |access-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803193552/http://www.kolkataonline.in/Tourism/ReligiousSpots/Churches.aspx |archive-date=3 August 2012 }}</ref> St John's was the [[Anglican]] [[cathedral]] of the city – capital of the Bengal Presidency – until [[St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta|St Paul's Cathedral]], begun 1839, was completed in 1847.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Forbes, William Nairn|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001/acref-9780199674985-e-6523|work=A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture|year=2015|editor-last=Curl|editor-first=James Stevens|edition=3rd|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780199674985.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-967498-5|access-date=2020-06-30|editor2-last=Wilson|editor2-first=Susan}}</ref> St Paul's was also designed by a Bengal Engineer, [[William Nairn Forbes]], who was also [[architect]] of the "Old Silver Mint" building at the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata]], basing its [[portico]] on the [[Parthenon]] on the [[Acropolis of Athens]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||