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[[File:The Former 'Hyderabad Contingent' Infantry, 1910.jpg|alt=Infantry of the Nizam's Contingent, 1910|thumb|Infantry of the Nizam's Contingent, 1910]]
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The '''Nizam's Contingent''', later '''Hyderabad Contingent''', was the army funded by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], the ruler of a [[Princely state]] of India.<ref>http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp12PLM8C.aspx?MnId=l7m6i4kBQ6GVWWXGRMx4Yg==&ParentID=RSkliQ1ACw1V89B4Pg1idw==</ref>

==History==
The Nizam's Contingent was formed when [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley]], brother of [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], became [[Governor-General of India]] and formed a plan to rid India of French influence.<ref name="History of the Kumaon Regiment, Global Security">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/rgt-kumaon.htm|title=History of the Kumaon Regiment|publisher=Globalsecurity.org|accessdate=2009-05-21}}</ref> His first action, on arriving in India in 1798, was to effect the disbandment of the Indian units of the Nizam under the command of a Frenchman, Monsieur Raymond, officered by non-British Europeans. These soldiers were formed into the British-officered Nizam's Contingent, which fought at the [[Battle of Seringapatam]] in 1799 against [[Tippu Sultan]] in the final battle of the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]].

==The Contingent==
In 1813, Sir Henry Russell, then British Resident at the court of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], raised the Russell Brigade, comprising two battalions. Later, four more battalions were raised and they were known as the Berar Infantry. In addition, two battalions, known as the Elichpur Brigade, were raised by Nawab Salabat Khan, Subedar of Berar, but formed part of the Nizam's forces. The men of the Russell Brigade were chiefly [[Hindu]]s, recruited from [[Oudh]] and other parts of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=ia-hist>{{Cite web|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp12PLM8C.aspx?MnId=QezfHTV88Qc=&ParentID=DULbco0Ru9o=|title=The Official Home Page of the Indian Army}}</ref>

==Renaming as Hyderabad contingent==
By 1853, at the time of the signing of a treaty between the Nizam and the British, the Nizam's forces consisted of eight battalions. The force was renamed as the Hyderabad Contingent, and served closely alongside the [[Madras Army]] of the [[East India Company]].

On 23 October 1917, during the [[World War I|First World War]], a Kumaon Battalion was raised at [[Ranikhet]] as the "4/39th Kumaon Rifles". In 1918 this unit was redesignated as the 1st battalion, 50th Kumaon Rifles, and a second battalion was raised. These were merged with the Hyderabad Contingent into the [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] in 1923. Some units of the regiment were demobilized after the First World War, but the regiment was again expanded during the [[Second World War]].

==Kumaon Regiment==
As links with Hyderabad and Deccan lessened, calls to rename the regiment were heard. On 27 October 1945, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment was incorporated into the [[Indian Army]] and renamed the '''19th Kumaon Regiment'''. It later became the [[Kumaon Regiment]].

Meanwhile, with the departure of the British from India in 1947, the Nizam of Hyderabad decided not to accede either to Pakistan or India. For a year, the state was fully independent. In September 1948 in [[Operation Polo]] Indian forces invaded Hyderabad and overthrew its Nizam, annexing his state into the Indian Union.

==References==
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[[Category:British Indian Army regiments]]
[[Category:Hyderabad State Forces]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1798]]

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