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The '''84th Regiment of Foot''' was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] regiment raised for service in [[India]] with the [[British East India Company]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Raised in England in 1758 during the [[Seven Years' War]], the regiment was shipped to [[Madras]], India in 1759.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/084-758.htm |title=84th Regiment of Foot (1759) |publisher=regiments.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103161417/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/084-758.htm |archive-date=3 January 2008}}</ref> The regiment was among the first British regiments to serve in India. The regiment was soon in action in the [[Battle of Wandiwash]] in January 1760.<ref name=regiments/> This battle was followed in September by the [[Siege of Pondicherry (1760)|Siege of Pondicherry]] and the [[Siege of Arcot]] during the [[Carnatic Wars|Second Carnatic War]].<ref name=regiments/> [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)|Sir Eyre Coote]] was a commanding officer of the regiment at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F136803|title=Eyre Coote's 84th Regiment of Foot|publisher=National Archives|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> The regiment went on to fight at the [[Battle of Buxar]] in October 1764 during the Bengal War.<ref name=regiments/> In 1765 the regiment sailed back to Britain and were disbanded.<ref name=regiments/><br />
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[[Category:Infantry regiments of the British Army]]<br />
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]<br />
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[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1765]]<br />
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