5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

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Known as 98th Infantry

Chronology

  • 1788 raised as 1st Battalion of the Ellichpur Brigade
  • 1826 became 7th Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army
  • 1854 became 5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
  • 1903 became 98th Infantry
  • 1922 became 4th Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment
  • 1945 became the Kumaon Regiment
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Regimental history

Combat Diary: An illustrated history of operations conducted by 4th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment 1788 to 1974 by Brigadier Jasbir Singh 2010.

First World War

The 98th Infantry took part in actions in East Africa, including the Battle of Tanga, Persia and Afghanistan in the period 1914-1919. [1]

External links

Historical books online

  • Valour Triumphs: A History of the Kumaon Regiment by K C Praval 1976. Copy and paste the following link in your browser
http://lib.perdana.org.my/PLF/PLF2/Digital_Content/PLF/000013/OCRed/Valour Triumphs.pdf or
access the archived version Archive.org.

References

  1. Chapter 2, "World War I", page 64, Combat Diary: An illustrated history of operations conducted by 4th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment 1788 to 1974 by Brigadier Jasbir Singh 2010 Google Books.