The presidency armies were the armies of the three presidencies of the East India Company's rule in India, later the forces of the British Crown in India, composed primarily of Indian sepoys. The pres
Subedar of the 21st Bengal Native Infantry (1819)
An officer of Col Gardiner's irregular Cavalry, composed of Hindustani Mussalmans
Subedar is a military rank in the militaries of South Asia roughly equivalent to that of a warrant officer. Historically classed in the British Indian Army as a Viceroy's commissioned officer, the ran