The 86th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

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 1794, when they were raised as the 34th Madras Battalion.

Their first action was in the Battle of Nagpore in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was a war in South India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the British East India Company under the Earl of Mornington....

; then the Battle of Kemendine in the First Burmese War

First Burmese War

The First Anglo-Burmese War was the first of three wars fought between the British and Burmese Empires in the 19th century. The war, which began primarily over the control of northeastern India, ended in a decisive British victory, giving the British total control of Assam, Manipur, Cachar and...

. They returned to Burma in 1885, in the Second Burmese War.

During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 they were attached to the 9th (Secunderabad) Division

9th (Secunderabad) Division

The 9th Division was a formation of the British Indian Army. It was part of the Southern Army and was formed in 1904 after Lord Kitchener was appointed Commander-in-Chief, India between 1902 and 1909...

 which remained in India, on internal security and training duties.

After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. In 1922, the 86th Carnatic Infantry became the 10th (Training) Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment

3rd Madras Regiment

The 3rd Madras Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army formed after the World War I reforms of the Indian Army. The infantry regiments were converted into large regiments with four or five battalions in each regiment plus a training battalion, always numbered the 10th The...

. The regiment was later disbanded for economic reasons.

Predecessor names

• 36th Madras Native Infantry - 1794
• 2nd Battalion, 13th Madras Native Infantry - 1798
• 26th Madras Native Infantry - 1824
• 26th Madras Infantry - 1885
• 86th Carnatic Infantry - 1903