Bombay Army
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The Bombay Army was the army of the Bombay Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire.
1773 illustration of the 3rd Battalion of Bombay Sepoys
1806 illustration of a Bombay Army grenadier
Indian officers of the Bombay Army in dress uniform, 1818
A havildar and gunner of Bombay Presidency Army Artillery
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
Bombay Army
…Act 1858 transferred all presidencies to the direct authority of the British Crown. On 1 April 1895 the army was incorporated into the newly created British Indian Army, and became known as the Bombay Command until 1908. In the early stages of Company rule in India, Bombay was rated as an unhealthy and unprofitable…
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.