5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry

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Known as 5th Regiment of Madras Infantry in the Madras Army
Known as 65th Carnatic Infantry in the Indian Army

Chronology

  • 1759 raised as 6th Battalion of Coast Sepoys
  • 1769 became 6th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1770 became 5th Carnatic Battalion
  • 1784 became 5th Madras Battalion
  • 1796 became 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1824 became 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
  • 1885 became 5th Regiment of Madras Infantry
  • 1901 became 5th Madras Infantry
  • 1903 became 65th Carnatic Infantry
  • 1904 disbanded

External Links

65th Carnatic Infantry regiments .org