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|unit_name=73rd Carnatic Infantry<br />
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|caption=Insignia of the 73rd Carnatic Infantry<br />
|dates=1759-1922<br />
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[[File:Colours of the 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry, 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry and 73rd Carnatic Infantry, St. Mary's Church, Madras.jpg|thumb|300px|Colours of the [[63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry]], [[83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry]] and 73rd Carnatic Infantry, buried at [[St. Mary's Church, Chennai|St. Mary's Church, Madras]]]]<br />
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The '''73rd Carnatic Infantry''' was an infantry regiment originally raised in 1776 as the 13th Carnatic Battalion (using drafts of men from the [[64th Pioneers|4th]], [[67th Punjabis|7th]] and the [[11th Carnatic Battalion]]) as part of the [[Madras Army|Presidency of Madras Army]] which was itself part of the Honourable East India Company Army. The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the [[East India Company]] until the [[Government of India Act 1858]] (passed in the aftermath of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]) transferred all three presidencies to the direct authority of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British Crown]]. In 1903 all three presidency armies were merged into the [[British Indian Army]]. The unit was transferred to the Indian Army upon Indian Independence.<br />
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==History==<br />
The regiment's first action was in 1781, during the [[Battle of Sholinghur]] and the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1781. They had to wait just over 100 years for their next action which was during the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1885.<br />
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During [[World War I]], they remained in India on training and internal security duties attached to the [[9th (Secunderabad) Division]].<br />
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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 73rd Carnatic Infantry became the 1st Battalion, [[3rd Madras Regiment]].<ref>Sharma, p. 53</ref> After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].<ref>Sharma, p.28</ref><br />
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==Present Day==<br />
Today the battalion is the 1st Battalion, [[Mechanised Infantry Regiment]] of the Indian Army.<br />
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==Changes in designation==<br />
*13th Carnatic Battalion - 1776<br />
*13th Madras Battalion - 1784<br />
*2nd Battalion, 3rd Madras Native Infantry - 1796<br />
*13th Madras Native Infantry - 1824<br />
*13th Madras Infantry - 1885<br />
*73rd Carnatic Infantry - 1903<br />
*1st Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment - 1922<br />
*1st Battalion, the Madras Regiment - 1947<br />
*1st Battalion, the Mechanised Infantry Regiment - 1979<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{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}}<br />
*{{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}}<br />
*{{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}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
*Moberly, F.J. (1923). ''Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign'', Imperial War Museum. {{ISBN|1-870423-30-5}}<br />
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[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1776]]<br />
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