British India

17^th Madras Infantry → 77^th Moplah Rifles

18^th Madras Native Infantry

20^th Madras Infantry → 80^th Carnatic Infantry

25^th Madras Infantry → 78^th Moplah Rifles

28^th Madras Infantry → 88^th Carnatic Infantry

	Presidency of Madras
1777:	17th Carnatic Battalion │	19th Carnatic Battalion │	21st Carnatic Battalion │
1784:	17th Madras Battalion │	19th Madras Battalion │	21st Madras Battalion │
1794:	│ │	│ │	│ │	35th Madras Battalion │
1796:	2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	1st Battalion, 13th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │
1798:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	2nd Extra Madras Battalion │
1798:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │
1806:	disbanded	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1807:	2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1818:	2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1824:	17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	18th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	20th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	25th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │	28th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry │
1864:	│ │	disbanded	│ │	│ │	│ │
1885:	17th Regiment of Madras Infantry │		20th Regiment of Madras Infantry │	25th Regiment of Madras Infantry │	28th Regiment of Madras Infantry │
1902:	1st Moplah Rifles │		20th Madras Infantry │	2nd Moplah Rifles │	28th Madras Infantry │
	Renumbering into the Indian Army
	│		│	│	│
1903:	77th Moplah Rifles		80th Carnatic Infantry	78th Moplah Rifles	88th Carnatic Infantry
	│		│	│	│
1907:	disbanded		│ │ │	disbanded	│ │ │
1918:			2nd Battalion raised │		│ │
1921:			2nd Battalion disbanded │		│ │
1922:			disbanded		disbanded

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