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.