The Bombay Army was the army of the Bombay Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India.
Sepoys of the 3rd Battalion of native infantry at Bombay, 1773
Native Officers of the Bombay Army in dress uniform, 1818
A havildar and gunner of Bombay Presidency Army Artillery
Lance Naik Wazir Khan of the 27th Bombay Native Infantry, 1865
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainland territory was acquired in the Konkan region with the Treaty of Bassein. Poona was the summer capital.
Image: Bombay Prov north 1909
Image: Bombay Prov south 1909
Silver rupee of the Bombay Presidency, in the name of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (ruled 1719–48), minted at Bombay in c. 1731. Most of the gold and silver coinages of the Presidencies were in the Mughal style.
1 Pice (1/64 Rupee) copper coin of the Bombay Presidency from 1821, with the United East India Company bale mark.