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The '''Madras Army''' was one of the three [[Presidency Armies]] of the [[East India Company]].  In 1859, following the [[Indian Mutiny]], the armies were restructured when India was brought under the control of the British Government.  The Madras Army ceased to exist when the official [[Indian Army]] was formed in 1895.
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'''The Madras Army was one of the [[East India Company Armies]]'''
 
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== Madras Regiments ==
A list of Madras Army regiments can either be found in the [[:Category:Madras Army|Madras Army Category]] or alphabetically, by type, in [[Madras Army Regiments]].
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A list of Madras Army regiments, alphabetically by type, can be found in the main article '''[[Madras Army Regiments]]'''.
  
 
==Divisions==
 
==Divisions==
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==Records==
 
==Records==
Main article: [[East India Company Army]]
 
 
 
====British Library====
 
====British Library====
 
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
 
Records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA216&dq=Madras%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA216,M1 Madras Army] in ''The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history'' by Harold E. Raugh, 2004
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency#Army Madras Presidency: Army] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Army Madras Army] Wikipedia
 
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officer biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799''
 
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#a Officer biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies] from Macquarie University’s ''Seringapatam 1799''
  
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Madras Army Vol III''] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1883 (archive.org)
 
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the Madras Army Vol III''] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1883 (archive.org)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[[Category:Madras Army| ]]
 
[[Category:Armies]]
 
[[Category:Armies]]
 
[[Category:Madras Presidency]]
 
[[Category:Madras Presidency]]
 
[[Category:East India Company Armies]]
 
[[Category:East India Company Armies]]

Revision as of 16:56, 9 September 2010

The Madras Army was one of the East India Company Armies

Madras Regiments

A list of Madras Army regiments, alphabetically by type, can be found in the main article Madras Army Regiments.

Divisions

Records

British Library

Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:

  • Madras Army Records IOR/L/MIL/11. Access to Archives catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups.
Please note that the Registers of Madras Army European Soldiers IOR/L/MIL/11/101-108 1786-1860 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
The LDS (Mormons) have filmed many of these records as listed in this LDS Library catalogue entry, after a keyword search for Madras Army Records

Other sources

The National Army Museum holds a card index detailing officer's services. This index is unpublished and not available elsewhere. See the NAM article for details.

External links

Historical books online