77th Moplah Rifles

The 77th Moplah Rifles were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1777, when they were raised as the 17th Carnatic Battalion.

The regiments first action was during the Carnatic Wars followed by the Battle of Sholinghur in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. They also took part in the Battle of Nagpore.

Predecessor names

 * 17th Carnatic Battalion - 1777
 * 16th Madras Battalion - 1784
 * 2nd Battalion, 5th Madras Native Infantry - 1796
 * 16th Madras Native Infantry - 1824
 * 17th Madras Infantry - 1861
 * 1st Moplah Rifles - 1902
 * 77th Moplah Rifles - 1903