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The '''94th Russell's Infantry''' were an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origins to 1813, when they were raised as the 1st Battalion of the Russell Brigade for the [[Princely state]] of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]]. Until 1853, the regiment was part of the [[Nizam|Nizam of Hydrabad's Army]] then after signing of a treaty with the then Governor General of India, The Nizam's Contingent was renamed as the Hyderabad Contingent and became part of the regular Indian Army.

The regiment fought in the [[Battle of Mahidpur]] during the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]]. They then participated in the [[Hatkar#The_Hatkar_Rebellion_of_1819|Siege of Nowah]] and the later [[Hatkar#The_Hatkar_Rebellion_of_1819|Capture of Nowah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nanded District|access-date=2009-09-28|publisher=maharashtra.gov|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nanded/his1.html}}</ref> During [[World War I]] the regiment was part of the [[18th Indian Division]] and took part in the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]]. The Division was attached to the [[Tigris Corps]] and was involved in the Actions at the Fat-ha Gorge and on the [[Little Zab]] between the 23–26 October 1918 and the [[Battle of Sharqat]] between 28–30 October 1918. <ref name="Ref-1">{{cite web|title=warpath |url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/18_ind_div.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031128115355/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/18_ind_div.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-11-28 }}</ref>

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 94th Russell's Infantry became the 1st Battalion, [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]]. This regiment was allocated to the [[Indian Army]] after independence.

==Predecessor names==
*1st Battalion of the Russell Brigade - 1813
*1st Regiment of Infantry, [[Nizam|Nizam's Army]] - 1826
*1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent - 1854
*94th Russell's Infantry - 1903

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{cite book|last=Barthorp|first=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=0-9776072-8-3}}
*{{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}}

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1813]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]]

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