Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s3.t2.123

v2.c13.s3.t2.123

Regiments from the Madras Native Infantry and the Madras Sappers and Miners were among the military units that were sent to China by the British during the Opium Wars. In the well-known incident of fighting between the Chinese residents of Sanyuanli village of Guangdong province and the British forces during the First Opium War of 1839-42, a detachment of the 37^th Madras Native Infantry was involved.