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|dates=1794&ndash;1922<br />
|country=[[British Raj|Indian Empire]]<br />
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The '''97th Deccan Infantry''' was an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. They could trace their origin to 1794, when they were the 3rd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division in the [[Hyderabad State]] army. Which took part in the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]].<br />
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After the [[Kitchener Reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of the Indian Army all the [[Princely state]] forces were incorporated into the Indian Army in 1903. During [[World War I]] the regiment served in the [[15th Indian Division]] during the [[Mesopotamia Campaign]].<br />
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After World War I the Indian government again reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> The 97th Deccan Infantry now became the 3rd Battalion, [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]]. This was one of the regiments allocated to the new [[Indian Army]] on independence.<br />
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==Previous names==<br />
*3rd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division - 1794<br />
*4th Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army - 1826<br />
*4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent - 1854<br />
*97th Deccan Infantry - 1903<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{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}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}<br />
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[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1794]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]<br />
[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]<br />
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]]<br />
[[Category:1794 establishments in British India]]<br />
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