7th Light Infantry

The 7th Light Infantry was a distinguished regiment of the British Indian Army, originally raised in 1788 as the 2nd Battalion, 13th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry. Over its long history, the unit served in several key campaigns, including the Third Anglo-Mysore War and later in Burma during the First Anglo-Burmese War. Renamed the 7th Light Infantry in 1903 as part of Lord Kitchener’s reforms, the regiment saw action in World War I, notably serving in Mesopotamia. Following the reorganization of the Indian Army after independence in 1947, the regiment was disbanded.