78th Moplah Rifles
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| 78th Moplah Rifles | |
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| Active | 1794-1907 |
| Country | Indian Empire |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Part of | Madras Army (to 1895) Madras Command |
| Colors | Red; faced dark green, 1882 green, 1898 emerald green 1904 Green; faced scarlet |
| Engagements | Third Burmese War |
The 78th Moplah Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1794, when they were raised as the 35th Madras Battalion.
In the year that the Moplahs became the 2nd Moplah Rifles (1902), a detachment was shipped to England for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. They fell foul of Lord Kitchener's reductions of 'generally inefficient' Madras regiments and were disbanded in 1907.[1]
Predecessor names
- 35th Madras Battalion - 1794
- 25th Madras Infantry - 1861
- 2nd Moplah Rifles - 1902
- 77th Moplah Rifles - 1903
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- Moberly, F.J. (1923). Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign, Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1-870423-30-5
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