1799: After a Training course at Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, Tod proceeded to Bengal.
1800, Jan 9: Tod posted as a cadet to the second European Regiment at Kolkata. [ This was the period sometime before the 2nd Anglo-Maratha War (1803-5) ]
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