The 49th Bengalee Regiment, also known as The 49th Bengalee, 49th Bengal Infantry, Bengali Double Company, Bengali Platoon and Bangali Paltan, was a military unit of the British Indian Army raised during World War I with Lt. S. G. Taylor as the Regiment Commander.. In the beginning of the First World War, the army began to recruit many soldiers, non-combatants, and skilled and unskilled laborers from Bengal. In middle 1916, the British government decided to create a regiment of Bengali soldiers. At first, it was called Bengali Double Company. These double companies, each consisting of 228 soldiers, were integrated into the British Indian Army. The Bengali Double Company raised the first Bengali battalion on 26 June 1917. It was named The 49th Bengalee Regiment or briefly The 49th Bengalee. It was disbanded in 1920.

Rai Bahadur Ranada Prasad Saha, also known as R. P. Saha, was a Bengali businessman, entrepreneur, soldier, philanthropist, social worker, and humanitarian. He founded educational institutes like Bharateswari Homes, Kumudini College and Debendra College. On 7 May 1971, the collaborators of Pakistani occupation army abducted RP Saha and his son Bhavani Prasad Saha from Mirzapur and no news about their whereabout has been unearthed till now.