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| unit_name = 109th Infantry
| image = Rajputana infantry aclovett.jpg | image_size = 300px
| caption = A depiction of a 109th Infantry soldier (second from right) among other British Indian Army troops
| dates = 1768–1922
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The '''109th Infantry''' was an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment traces its origins to 1768, when it was raised as the 5th Battalion, Bombay [[Sepoys]].

The regiment's first action was during the [[Mysore (1789-91)|Mysore Campaign]] in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]. It was next involved in the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]], and next used in the [[Siege of Multan]] during the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]. Its last campaign in the 19th century was the [[Second Afghan War]]. During [[World War I]] it was attached to the [[Aden Brigade]], which was formed to protect the important naval refueling point at [[Aden]].<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref>

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single- to multi-battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 109th Infantry became the 4th Battalion [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]]. After [[History of the Republic of India|independence]] it was one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].

== Predecessor names ==
*5th Battalion, Bombay Sepoys - 1768
*2nd Battalion, 1st Bombay Native Infantry - 1796
*9th Bombay Native Infantry - 1824
*9th Bombay Infantry - 1885
*108th Infantry - 1903

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
*{{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}}
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}

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