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The '''86th Carnatic Infantry''' was an infantry regiment originally raised in 1794 as the 36th Madras Native Infantry, 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 disbanded before Indian Independence.<br />
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==History==<br />
Their first action was in the [[Battle of Nagpore]] in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]; then the [[Battle of Kemendine]] in the [[First Burmese War]]. They returned to Burma in 1885, in the [[Second Burmese War]].<br />
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During [[World War I]] they were attached to the [[9th (Secunderabad) Division]] which remained in India, on internal security and training duties.<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 86th Carnatic Infantry became the 10th (Training) Battalion, [[3rd Madras Regiment]]. The regiment was later disbanded for economic reasons.<br />
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==Predecessor names==<br />
* 36th Madras Native Infantry - 1794<br />
* 2nd Battalion, 13th Madras Native Infantry - 1798<br />
* 26th Madras Native Infantry - 1824<br />
* 26th Madras Infantry - 1885<br />
* 86th Carnatic Infantry - 1903<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book| last = Barthorp| first = Michael| last2 = Burn| first2 = Jeffrey| title = Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914| year = 1979| publisher = Osprey Publishing| isbn = 0-85045-307-0 }}<br />
* {{cite book| last = Rinaldi| first = Richard A| title = Order of Battle British Army 1914| year = 2008| publisher = Ravi Rikhye| isbn = 0-9776072-8-3 }}<br />
* {{cite book| last = Sharma| first = Gautam| title = Valour and sacrifice famous regiments of the Indian Army| year = 1990| 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 />
* {{cite book| last = Moberly| first = F.J.| title = Military Operations Mesopotamia| year = 1997| isbn = 978-1-870423-30-4 }}<br />
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[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]<br />
[[Category:1794 establishments in British India]]<br />
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