What was the link between the East India Company and the DLI?
After the near-disaster of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, the British government took control of India from the Honourable East India Company and the old Company Army was broken up. The 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry was then made part of British Army and was renamed the 106th Light Infantry. In 1881 the 106th LI became the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
