65th Carnatic Infantry

65th Carnatic Infantry
Active 1759-1904
Country Indian Empire
Branch Army
Type Infantry
Part of Madras Army (to 1895)
Madras Command
Colors Red; faced black, 1882 yellow
Engagements Carnatic Wars
Sholinghur
Third Anglo-Mysore War
Second Burmese War

The 65th Carnatic Infantry were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1759, when they were raised as the 6th Battalion Coast Sepoys.

The regiment took part in the Carnatic Wars in 17461763 and then the Third Anglo-Mysore War. They were disbanded in 1904.

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