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Article: President's Body Guards celebrate 234th raising day
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 28, 2007
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New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- One of the oldest and probably the most visible regiments of the Indian Army, the President's Body Guards (PBG), celebrate their 234th raising Sunday.
Raised Sep 30, 1773, as the Governor General's Body Guards under the command of Captain Sweeny Toone, the regiment can be seen performing ceremonial duties with the head of state on all important occasions, smartly attired in their colourful tunics, rather than the olive greens or camouflage uniform usually associated with an army unit.
The regiment was re-christened the Viceroy's Body Guards (VRBG) after the 1857 mutiny (War of Independence) when India's governance came directly under the British Crown, passed on from ...