Madras Regiment

The Madras Regiment is the oldest infantryregiment of the Indian Army, originating in the 1750s as a unit of the British East India Company. The regiment took part in numerous campaigns with the British Indian Army and the post-independence Indian Army. The Madras Regiment primarily recruits from the erstwhile Madras state (present-day Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, parts of Andhra Pradesh, and northern Kerala) and the Kingdom of Mysore (present-day Karnataka). However, the 9th and 16th battalions (Nair Battalions) were later formed from troops from the kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin in present day Kerala.