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| unit_name = 108th Infantry
| image = 108th indian.png | image_size = 150px
| caption = A 1911 painting of a member of the regiment
| dates = 1768–1922
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The '''108th Infantry''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces their origins to 1768, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion, Bombay Sepoys.

The regiments first action was during the [[Mysore (1789-91)|Mysore Campaign]] in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]. The [[Battle of Hyderabad]] followed in 1843, then the [[Second Afghan War]]. During [[World War I]] they remained in India with the [[9th (Secunderabad) Division]] on training and internal security duties.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 108th Infantry became the 3rd Battalion [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]. After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].

== Predecessor names ==
*1st Battalion, Bombay Sepoys - 1768
*2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Native Infantry - 1796
*8th Bombay Native Infantry - 1824
*8th Bombay Infantry - 1885
*108th Infantry - 1903

== References ==
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*{{cite book|last1=Barthorp|first1=Michael|last2=Burn|first2=Jeffrey|year=1979|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Rinaldi|first=Richard A|year=2008|title=Order of Battle British Army 1914|publisher=Ravi Rikhye|isbn=978-0-9776072-8-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gautam|year=1990|title=Valour and sacrifice: famous regiments of the Indian Army|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=81-7023-140-X}}
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}
*{{cite book|last=Moberly|first=F.J.|title=Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign|year=1923|publisher=Imperial War Museum|isbn=1-870423-30-5}}

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