In 1757, Robert Clive had raised the 1st Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry of which two companies were grenadier companies, however, no regiments of grenadiers were formed from the Bengal Army until a battalion was formed in 1779.
By now British sentiment was in favoured of amalgamating their own colonies and the Boer republics into one union, with the primary purpose of gaining possession of the Transvaal gold mines. The Premier of the Cape Colony, Sir Cecil Rhodes, first tried to achieve this union through a putsch that failed due to wariness on the part of Paul Kruger, President of the Boer Republic.
Report Abuse. The purpose of the League of Nations was the same as the purpose of the United Nations. It was to bring the nations of the world together to talk about issues in the hope of preventing another conflict like World War I. It was first proposed by Woodrow Wilson but the United States did not join.he League of Nations was formed after the world war one,to promote peace and stability in the world and prevent the outbreak of another major war. Nigel T Â· 7 months ago. Thumbs up. 1.