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|battles=[[Third Anglo-Maratha War]]<br>[[Boxer Rebellion]]<br>[[World War I]]
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The '''98th Ahir Infantry''' was an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. It could trace its origins to 1788, when it was raised as the 1st Battalion of the Ellichpur 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 the signing of a treaty with the then Governor General of India, the Nizam's Contingent was renamed 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]]. It then participated in the [[Siege of Nowah]] and the later [[Capture of Nowah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nanded District|access-date=28 September 2009|publisher=maharashtra.gov|url=http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nanded/his1.html}}</ref> It next took part in the [[Central India Campaign (1858)|Central India Campaign]] after the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. It was sent to China in 1900, as part of the relief force during the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. During the [[First World War]], the regiment was part of the [[Indian Expeditionary Force B]] for service in [[British East Africa]].

After the First World War, the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single-battalion regiments to multi-battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 98th Infantry became the 4th Battalion, [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]]. This regiment was allocated to the [[Indian Army]] after independence.

==Predecessor names==
*1st Battalion of the Ellichpur Brigade - 1788
*7th Regiment of Infantry, [[Nizam|Nizam's Army]] - 1826
*5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent - 1854
*96th Berar 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 1788]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]
[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Boxer Rebellion]]
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]]
[[Category:1788 establishments in British India]]

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