4 3 , ▁the ▁British ▁conquer ed ▁S ind h ▁after ▁defe ating ▁the ▁r uling ▁conf eder acy ▁of ▁Bal och ▁ch ie ft ains . ▁General ▁Sir ▁Charles ▁Nap ier , ▁the ▁British ▁commander , ▁was ▁much ▁im pressed ▁by ▁the ▁f ero cious ▁courage ▁of ▁his ▁Bal och i ▁oppon ents ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁rec ruit ▁two ▁irregular ▁batt al ions ▁of ▁Bomb ay ▁Army ▁for ▁local ▁service ▁within ▁S ind h . ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁was ▁raised ▁at ▁Kar achi ▁as ▁the ▁Sc inde ▁B ello che e ▁Corps ▁or ▁the ▁B ello che e ▁Battalion ▁by ▁Major ▁F . ▁Jackson ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 . ▁Its ▁man power ▁was ▁mostly ▁drawn ▁from ▁Bal och is , ▁S ind his ▁and ▁Path ans ▁from ▁S ind h . ▁Later , ▁it ▁also ▁rec ru ited ▁Bra h uis ▁and ▁P un j abi ▁Muslim s , ▁while ▁the ▁rec ruit ment ▁area ▁was ▁extended ▁to ▁include ▁Bal uch istan , ▁North - West ▁Front ier ▁Province ▁and ▁the ▁P un j ab . ▁On ▁the ▁raising ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁Battalion ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 6 , ▁the ▁regiment ▁was ▁designated ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁Bel o och ▁Battalion . ▁When ▁the ▁Indian ▁Mut iny ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 7 , ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁Bel o och ▁Battalion ▁under ▁Lieutenant ▁Colonel ▁Far qu har ▁was ▁dispatch ed ▁across ▁the ▁S ind h ▁desert ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁Del hi ▁Field