The 97th Deccan Infantry was 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 origin to 1794, when they were the 3rd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division in the Hyderabad State

Hyderabad State

-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...

 army. Which took part in the Battle of Seringapatam

Battle of Seringapatam

The Siege of Seringapatam was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. Tippu Sultan, Mysore's...

 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....

.

After the Kitchener reforms

Kitchener Reforms

The Kitchener Reforms of the Indian Army began in 1903 when Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, completed the unification of the three armies of the former Presidencies , and also the Punjab Frontier Force, the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces, into one...

 of the Indian Army all the Princely state

Princely state

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 forces were incorporated into the Indian Army in 1903. During World War I

World War I

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 the regiment served in the 15th Indian Division during the Mesopotamia Campaign.

After World War I the Indian government again reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The 97th Deccan Infantry now became the 3rd Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment

19th Hyderabad Regiment

The 19th Hyderabad Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed following the post World War I reforms of the Indian Army when they moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...

. This was one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army

Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

on independence.

Previous names

• 3rd Battalion of the Aurangabad Division - 1794
• 4th Regiment of Infantry, Nizam's Army - 1826
• 4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent - 1854
• 97th Deccan Infantry - 1903