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6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
Known as 99th Deccan Infantry
Chronology
- 1788 raised as 2nd Battalion of the Ellichpur Brigade
- 1826 became 8th Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army
- 1854 became 6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
- 1903 became 99th Deccan Infantry
- 1922 became 5th Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment
- 1945 became the Kumaon Regiment
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
External links
- 99th Deccan Infantry British Empire website
- 99th Deccan 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
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.