77th Moplah Rifles
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The 77th Moplah Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army
. They could trace their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the 17th Carnatic Battalion.
The regiments first action was during the Carnatic Wars
followed by the Battle of Sholinghur
in the Second Anglo-Mysore War
. They also took part in the Battle of Nagpore.
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 1777, when they were raised as the 17th Carnatic Battalion.
The regiments first action was during 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...
followed by the Battle of Sholinghur
Battle of Sholinghur
The Battle of Sholinghur was fought on 27 September 1781 between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore led by Hyder Ali and British East India Company forces led by General Eyre Coote. The company forces were victorious.-References:*Vibart, H. M ....
in the Second Anglo-Mysore War
Second Anglo-Mysore War
The Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict in Mughal India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the British East India Company. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the Franco-British conflict raging on account of the American Revolutionary War helped spark Anglo-Mysorean...
. They also took part in the Battle of Nagpore.
Predecessor names
- 17th Carnatic Battalion - 1777
- 16th Madras Battalion - 1784
- 2nd Battalion, 5th Madras Native Infantry - 1796
- 16th Madras Native Infantry - 1824
- 17th Madras Infantry - 1861
- 1st Moplah Rifles - 1902
- 77th Moplah Rifles - 1903