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97th Deccan Infantry 
 
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1794 2nd Battalion, Berar Infantry
1826 4th Infantry [Nizam of Hyderabad's Army]
1854 4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent
1903 97th Deccan Infantry
1922.03.01 united with 94th Russell's Infantry, 95th Russell's Infantry, 96th Berar Infantry, 98th Infantry, 99th Deccan Infantry, and 50th Kumaon Rifles, to form 3rd Bn, 19th Hyderabad Regiment
   
   
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Regulars:
  [1st Battalion] [1794-1922]
   
War-Formed Units:
    2nd Battalion [1917-1922]
     
     

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Afghanistan 19191

1. Awarded in 1926 to successor regiment.

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Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
book Kirkwood, W.C. The story of the 97th Deccan Infantry. Hyderabad : The Government Central Press, 1929.
book Praval, K. C. Valour triumphs : a history of The Kumaon Regiment. Faridabad : The Thomson Press, 1976.
 
Short Histories:
book Standing Orders for the 3/19th Hyderabad Regiment, 19th Indian Infantry Group. Quetta : The Commercial Press, 1924.