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Which British army regiment did Sir Richard Burton join in India?
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Sir Richard Burton
Richard Burton, c. 1880.
After being expelled from Oxford in 1842, Sir Richard Burton traveled to India, where he served as a subaltern officer in the 18th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry.1