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After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. In 1922, the 73rd Carnatic Infantry became the 1st Battalion,
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which was itself part of the Honourable East India Company Army. The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the
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was an infantry regiment originally raised in 1776 as the 13th Carnatic Battalion (using drafts of men from the
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in 1781. They had to wait just over 100 years for their next action which was during the
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Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army
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1st Battalion, the Mechanised Infantry Regiment - 1979
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1922
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The regiment's first action was in 1781, during the
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Index

Madras native infantry

Indian Empire
Madras Army
Madras Command
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Third Burmese War
World War I

63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry
83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry
St. Mary's Church, Madras
4th
7th
11th Carnatic Battalion
Presidency of Madras Army
East India Company
Government of India Act 1858
Indian Rebellion of 1857
British Crown
British Indian Army
Battle of Sholinghur
Battle of Seringapatam
Second Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Burmese War
World War I
9th (Secunderabad) Division
3rd Madras Regiment
Indian Army
Mechanised Infantry Regiment

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