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The troops were also known as Electoral troops, or Hanoverian Electoral troops, a reference to George III who was also Elector of Hannover.
Further drafts were subsequently sent to India, 400 men and officers in 1786, and 200 recruits and 12 sergeants in 1787.
In addition to men from Hannover and the surrounding areas, and further away areas in what is now Germany, there were some [[French]], Russian, Polish, [[Danish]], [[Dutch]] etc recruits<ref> Arbeitskreis Hannoversche Militärgeschichte website, section [http://www.kgl.de/NecAsperaTerrent/geschichte/ostindien/diebitsch_ostindien/diebitsch6.htm “Die Letzten Jahre & Rückkehr in die Heimat"], originally from Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter Nr. 15, 1898, Seiten 114 – 116</ref>
==FIBIS resources==
*''[[FIBIS Journal]] 30'' - "Raising the Hanoverian regiments: their passage to India" by Hilary Sheridan
==External links==
'''Note''': For webpages which are not available in English, you can obtain a computer produced translation of the webpage using [http://translate.google.com Google Translate], or your browser may have an automatic facility.
*[http://www.kgl.de Arbeitskreis Hannoversche Militärgeschichte]. A German language website set up by a small group of people, particularly Michael-Andreas Tänzer, whose hobby is Hanoverian military history. Some pages are available in English. Under the heading "Militärgeschichte 1617-1866", select Ostindien for a history of the period in India, transcribed from the articles by Victor von Diebitsch, refer above. (German language), or scroll through from this [http://www. kgl.de/NecAsperaTerrent/geschichte/ostindien/diebitsch_ostindien/diebitsch1.htm link] In addition there are categories Genealogy, Sources and Links, for which there are pages available written in English. The point is made that all relevant family history records were written by hand. This means that you have to read the common German handwriting which was current in the respective time period which is not easy. A link is provided to the Association of German Speaking Professional Genealogists. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131121002802/http://www.kgl.de archive.org link])
*[http://www.balticconnections.net/index.cfm?article=Lower+Saxony+State+Archives+(Germany) Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Lower Saxony State Archives (Germany)] Balticonnections.net
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2006-06/1149438720 post] and the [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2006-06/1149524205 subsequent post] are about the Hanoverian Regiments going to India in 1781.The post advises that they departed in the same convoy as the 78th (Seaforth Highland) Regiment of Foot, later renumbered the [[72nd Regiment of Foot]]
*The following reference is quoted in [http://www.igv.nl/jir/broneng.html Janssen’s Indisch Repertorium]: "Hannoversche Regimenter in fremdem Sold (14. und 15. Churf. Hann. Infanterie Regt.)", door Ernst Ritter, in: ''Norddeutsche Familienkunde 1'' (1952), 53-55; 71-74; 99-101.
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