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The official (British) '''Indian Army''' was formed in 1895. Prior to this date there were three separate [[East India Company Army|Presidency armies]] (which after 1861 were sometimes unofficially referred to as the Indian Army).
Indian Army '''regiments ''' can be viewed '''[[:Category:Indian Army|here]]'''.
==See also==
*[[Armies in India]] - an overview
*[[Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns]]
== British Indian Army Cavalry==
The British Indian Army maintained about forty regiments of cavalry, officered by British and manned by Indian sowars (cavalrymen). The legendary exploits of this branch lives on in literature and early films. Among the more famous regiments in the lineages of modern Indian and Pakistani Armies are:
