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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}}		*{{cite book\|last1=Barthorp\|first1=Michael\|last2=Burn\|first2=Jeffrey\|year=1979\|title=Indian infantry regiments 1860-1914\|publisher=Osprey Publishing\|isbn=0-85045-307-0}}
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	*{{cite book\|last=Sumner\|first=Ian\|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947\|year=2001\|publisher=Osprey Publishing\|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}		*{{cite book\|last=Sumner\|first=Ian\|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947\|year=2001\|publisher=Osprey Publishing\|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

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{{See Also|Madras native infantry}}
{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name=73rd Carnatic Infantry
|image=73rd Carnatic Infantry, St. Mary's Church, Madras.jpg
|caption=Insignia of the 73rd Carnatic Infantry
|dates=1759-1922
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|colors=Red; faced white
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[[File:Colours of the 63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry, 83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry and 73rd Carnatic Infantry, St. Mary's Church, Madras.jpg|thumb|300px|Colours of the [[63rd Palamcottah Light Infantry]], [[83rd Wallajahbad Light Infantry]] and 73rd Carnatic Infantry, buried at [[St. Mary's Church, Chennai|St. Mary's Church, Madras]]]]

The '''73rd Carnatic Infantry''' was an infantry regiment originally raised in 1776 as the 13th Carnatic Battalion (using drafts of men from the [[64th Pioneers|4th]], [[67th Punjabis|7th]] and the [[11th Carnatic Battalion]]) as part of the [[Madras Army|Presidency of Madras Army]] which was itself part of the Honourable East India Company Army. The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the [[East India Company]] until the [[Government of India Act 1858]] (passed in the aftermath of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]) transferred all three presidencies to the direct authority of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British Crown]]. In 1903 all three presidency armies were merged into the [[British Indian Army]]. The unit was transferred to the Indian Army upon Indian Independence.

==History==
The regiment's first action was in 1781, during the [[Battle of Sholinghur]] and the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]] in 1781. They had to wait just over 100 years for their next action which was during the [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]] in 1885.

During [[World War I]], they remained in India on training and internal security duties attached to the [[9th (Secunderabad) Division]].

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.<ref>Sumner p.15</ref> In 1922, the 73rd Carnatic Infantry became the 1st Battalion, [[3rd Madras Regiment]].<ref>Sharma, p. 53</ref> After independence they were one of the regiments allocated to the [[Indian Army]].<ref>Sharma, p.28</ref>

==Present Day==
Today the battalion is the 1st Battalion, [[Mechanised Infantry Regiment]] of the Indian Army.

==Changes in designation==
*13th Carnatic Battalion - 1776
*13th Madras Battalion - 1784
*2nd Battalion, 3rd Madras Native Infantry - 1796
*13th Madras Native Infantry - 1824
*13th Madras Infantry - 1885
*73rd Carnatic Infantry - 1903
*1st Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment - 1922
*1st Battalion, the Madras Regiment - 1947
*1st Battalion, the Mechanised Infantry Regiment - 1979

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{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}}

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[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]]
[[Category:Military history of the Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1776]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1922]]

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