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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0fYAZL_HrMQC&pg=PA25&dq=Indian+Infantry+Regiments+1860-1914+Madras+Army+Coast+Sepoys+Pioneers&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Madras Infantry Regiments 1824-61] Google Books | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Regiment Madras Regiment] - Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Regiment Madras Regiment] - Wikipedia | ||
*[http://madrasregiment.org/ Regimental Website] - madrasregiment.org | *[http://madrasregiment.org/ Regimental Website] - madrasregiment.org | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 15 March 2010
The Madras Regiment was the first unit raised by the East India Company.
Chronology
- 1748 Madras Levies raised by Major Stringer Lawrence for the defence of Cuddalore
- 1758 two Madras Battalions under British officers formed by Robert Clive to reorganise the 3,000 men with Indian officers in the Madras Presidency Army
- 1759 four more battalions formed
- 1767 total strength 19 battalions known as Coast Sepoys
- 1769 became Carnatic Battalions in the north and the Circar Battalions in the south of the Presidency
- 1784 all became Madras Battalions with the Carnatic having precedence
- 1824 total strength 50 regiments
- 1857 no Madras regiments mutinied
From British Army Website
External Links
Historical Books Online
- Military reminiscences: extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies Volume 1 by Colonel James Welsh of the Madras Establishment 1830. Google Books. See page 14.
Other
- Madras Infantry Regiments 1824-61 Google Books
- Madras Regiment - Wikipedia
- Regimental Website - madrasregiment.org
- Regiments War Museum - www.indianetzone.com