65th Carnatic Infantry
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The 65th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army
. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 6th Battalion Coast Sepoys.
The regiment took part in the Carnatic Wars
in 1746–1763 and then the Third Anglo-Mysore War
.
They were disbanded in 1904.
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 6th Battalion Coast Sepoys.
The regiment took part in the Carnatic Wars
Carnatic Wars
The Carnatic Wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century on the Indian subcontinent...
in 1746–1763 and then the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
The Third Anglo-Mysore War was a war in South India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the British East India Company and its allies, including the Mahratta Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad...
.
They were disbanded in 1904.