73rd Carnatic Infantry

73rd Carnatic Infantry
Insignia of the 73rd Carnatic Infantry
Active	1759-1922
Country	Indian Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Part of	Madras Army (to 1895) Madras Command
Colors	Red; faced white
Engagements	Second Anglo-Mysore War Third Burmese War World War I

The 73rd Carnatic Infantry was an infantry regiment originally raised in 1776 as the 13th Carnatic Battalion (using drafts of men from the 4th, 7th and the 11th Carnatic Battalion) as part of the Presidency of Madras Army which was itself part of the Honourable East India Company Army. The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company until the Government of India Act 1858 (passed in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857) transferred all three presidencies to the direct authority of the British Crown. In 1903 all three presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army. The unit was transferred to the Indian Army upon Indian Independence.