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.
answers relevance rating newest oldest best answer purposes of the un to maintain international peace and security to safeguard human rights to provide a mechanism for international law and to promote social and economic progress improve living standards and fight diseasesust now report abuse the main purpose of the united nations is to keep international peace the un gets involved in many civil wars if the country ask for help however with the description of the un s purpose they have not been very successful in the past