1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent

Known as 94th Russell's Infantry

Chronology

• 1813 raised as 1st Battalion of Sir Henry Russell's Brigade
• 1826 became 1st Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army
• 1854 became 1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
• 1903 became 94th Russell's Infantry
• 1922 became 1st (Russell's) Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment
• 1945 became he Kumaon Regiment
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

External Links

94th Russell's Infantry British Empire website
Kumaon Regiment Wikipedia