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3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
Known as 96th Berar Infantry
Chronology
- 1797 raised as 2nd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division
- 1826 became 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army
- 1854 became 3rd Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
- 1903 became 96th Berar Infantry
- 1922 became 2nd (Berar) Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment
- 1945 became the Kumaon Regiment
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External Links
- 96th Berar Infantry Wikipedia
- 19th Hyderabad Regiment Wikipedia
- Kumaon Regiment Wikipedia
- Page 272 Valour and Sacrifice: Famous Regiments of the Indian Army by Gautam Sharma Google Books
- The Beraris - 2nd Bn, Kumaon Regiment bharat-rakshak.com
- 96th Berar Infantry britishempire.co.uk
- Fighting the Tangistanis: Bushire, Persia, July-September 1915 by Harry Fecitt westernfrontassociation.com, now an archived webpage.
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.