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|unit_name= Madras Rifle Corps
| image= Painting of six figures depicting military uniforms.jpg
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|caption=Madras Rifle Corps, third from left
|dates= 1810–1869
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|allegiance=[[Honourable East India Company]]
|branch= [[Madras Army]]
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|role= [[Light Infantry]]
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The '''Madras Rifle Corps''' was a [[light infantry]] [[battalion]] in the service of the [[Honourable East India Company]].

==History==
The battalion was established in the [[Madras Presidency]] of the HEIC on 10 February 1810 as the ''Madras Volunteer Battalion''. Captain W. Munro, formerly of the 15th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, was appointed to command of the battalion.<ref name="Wilson">History of the Madras Army by Lieutenant Colonel William John Wilson, 1883</ref>

The authorised strength of the battalion at establishment was:
: '''Europeans''': 1 Captain Commandant, 3 [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captains]], 10 [[First lieutenant#British Army|Lieutenants]], 5 [[Ensign (rank)#United Kingdom|Ensigns]], 1 [[Adjutant]], 1 Surgeon, 1 Assistant Surgeon, 1 Sergeant Major, 1 Quartermaster Sergeant

: '''Natives''': 10 [[Subedar]]s, 10 [[Jemadar]]s, 50 [[Havildar]]s, 50 [[Naik (military rank)|Naiks]], 900 [[Sepoy]]s, 20 Drummers and Fifers, 12 Puckallies.<ref name="Wilson"/>

The battalion was renamed the ''Madras Rifle Corps'' in March 1814 and equipped with the [[Baker rifle]]. The battalion was highly distinguished in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War|Mahratta War]] of 1817–18.<ref name="Wilson"/>

In 1830, the battalion was broken up and individual rifle companies were attached to 1st, 5th, 16th, 24th, 26th, 36th, 38th and 49th regiments of Madras infantry. The separate rifle companies survived until 1869 when there were abolished.<ref name="Wilson"/>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:British Indian Army infantry regiments]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1810]]
[[Category:1869 disestablishments]]
[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Madras Native Infantry]]

Madras Rifle Corps - Revision history

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