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  2. Madras Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The Madras Regiment is the oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army, originating in the 1750s as a unit of the British East India Company. The regiment took part in numerous campaigns with the British Indian Army and the post-independence Indian Army .

  3. File:Madras Regiment insignia (India).svg - Wikipedia

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    Indian Army cap badges; List of oldest military units and formations in continuous operation; Madras Regiment; Manjinder Singh (general) Mohit Sharma (soldier) Tarun Kumar Aich; User:SonalSehgalghb/sandbox; Draft:Tarun Kumar Aich

  4. Infantry of the Indian Army - Wikipedia

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    The present regiments of the Indian Army trace their origin to the British East India Company, when Indians were employed to protect their trading stations. From the middle of the eighteenth century, the three presidencies of the company began to maintain armies at Calcutta (Bengal Army), Madras (Madras Army) and Bombay (Bombay Army). The ...

  5. Madras Army - Wikipedia

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    The Army of the Madras Presidency remained almost unaffected by the Indian Rebellion of 1857.By contrast with the larger Bengal Army where all but twelve (out of eighty-four) infantry and cavalry regiments either mutinied or were disbanded, all fifty-two regiments of Madras Native Infantry remained loyal and passed into the new Indian Army when direct British Crown rule replaced that of the ...

  6. List of regiments and corps of the Indian Army - Wikipedia

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  7. 9th Battalion, Madras Regiment - Wikipedia

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    In April 1951, the battalion was integrated with Indian Army and on 1 May 1954, it was merged with the Madras Regiment and was re-designated 9th Battalion of the Madras Regiment (Travancore). [5] After the integration of Travancore State Force with the Indian Army, the State Forces Colours were ceremonially laid up at Chetwode Hall, Indian ...

  8. Indian Army ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...

  9. Madras Engineer Group - Wikipedia

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    Madras Sappers at the gates of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, March 1945. Madras Engineer Group (MEG), informally known as the Madras Sappers, is an engineer group of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in ...