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chest, chest

Accession Number

NAM.1956-02-876-1

Description

Wooden cash chest of Tipu Sultan, 1799 (c). With inscribed silver plaque It was alloted to the 1st Bn 14th Native Infantry after the Storming of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799 who kept it until 1903. Associated with Tipu Sultan, 4th Mysore War (1799).

Events

Seringapatam, Siege of, 1799 (4th Mysore War 1799)

Units

1st Battalion 14th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, (1798 - 1824)

People

Tipu Sultan

Inscriptions

Inscribed: 26 Dec 1799. 1 Batt - 14 Lindsay's N.I 31 May 1824. 1 June 1824. 27 Regiment N.I 30 Sept 1903. 1 Oct 1903. 37 Punjabis 1 Dec 1922. 2 Dec 1922. 5 Bn 2 Punjab Regt AFTER THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM 4 MAY 1799. THE CASH CHEST IN THE TREASURY OF TIPPOO SULTAN WERE DISTRIPUTED AMONGST THE REGIMENTS OF THE COAST ARMY. THIS CHEST BEING ALLOTTED TO THE 1 Batt - 14 REGT NATIVE INFANTRY AND IT WAS THE REGIMENTAL CASE CHEST FROM THAT DATE UNTIL THE END OF 1903 A PERIOD OF 104 YEARS.'