Note 397 — PART THIRD. HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS. (continued 7)
Reading edition
On the 23d of May 1821, His Majesty King George the Fourth was graciously pleased to authorise the 71st to bear on the regimental colour and appointments the word “Hindoostan,” in commemoration of its distinguished services in the several actions in which it had been engaged, while in India, between the years 1780 and 1797.