Definition of Bengal light. Meaning of Bengal light. Synonyms of Bengal light

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Definition of Bengal light

Bengal light
Bengal Ben*gal", n. 1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. 2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. 3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light. Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3. Bengal tiger. (Zo["o]l.). See Tiger.

Meaning of Bengal light from wikipedia

- The Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidency armies...
- The 6th Jat Light Infantry were an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army, later of the united British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1803...
- celebratory fireworks displays, and its synonyms[citation needed] "Bengal light" and "Bengal fire" can still be found in modern pyrotechnic manuals. Such displays...
- The 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, also known as the 3rd Bengal Native Cavalry, was a locally recruited regiment of the East India Company's Bengal Army. Raised...
- 5th Bengal Light Cavalry (5th BLC) was a cavalry regiment of the Bengal Army of the East India Company. The 5th Bengal Light Cavalry was raised in 1800...
- The 5th Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the Bengal Army and later of the raj-period British Indian Army. It could trace its lineage back to...
- 5th Bengal Light Cavalry 6th Bengal Light Cavalry 9th Bengal Light Cavalry 2nd Bengal (European) Light Infantry 6th Bengal Native Infantry 15th Bengal Native...
- Cavalry 5th Bengal Light Cavalry 6th Bengal Light Cavalry 9th Bengal Light Cavalry 2nd European Light Infantry 6th Bengal Native Infantry 15th Bengal Native...
- Bengal Native Infantry, alongside the regiments of Bengal European Infantry, were the regular infantry components of the East India Company's Bengal Army...
- regiment became the 3rd Bengal Light Infantry in November 1859. It was then renumbered as the 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) on transfer...