78th Moplah Rifles

Known as 25th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 78th Moplah Rifles in the Indian Army

Chronology

• 1794 raised as 35th Madras Battalion
• 1796 became 1st Battalion, 13th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1824 became 25th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
• 1885 became 25th Regiment of Madras Infantry
• 1861became 25th Madras Infantry
• 1902 became 2nd Moplah Rifles
• 1903 became 78th Moplah Rifles
• 1907 disbanded

External Links

78th Moplah Rifles www.regiments.org
78th Moplah Rifles British Empire website