Bengal Army
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The Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire.
1812 illustration of a Bengal Army havildar and grenadier
Illustration of the 1st European Bengal Fusiliers in 1850
c. 1900 portrait of a 6th Bengal Light Infantry sepoy
Skinner's Horse at Exercis
British Indian Army
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The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presiden
Bengal Army
…of 1857, transferred all three presidencies to the direct authority of the British Crown. In 1895 the three presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army. The Bengal Army originated with the establishment of a European Regiment in 1756. While the East India Company had previously maintained a small force…
c. 1835 painting of the 40th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
c. 1908 illustration of the Corps of Guides
No. 2 Company of the Bombay Sappers and Miners during the Boxer Rebellion, China, 1900.
Indian Army soldiers, including men from the 3rd Sikh regiment and 1st Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force, in Beijing, c. 1900.