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*[http://www.archive.org/details/alphabeticallist00dodwuoft ''Alphabetical list of the officers of the Madras army''] by Edward Dodwell, 1838 (Archive.org) | *[http://www.archive.org/details/alphabeticallist00dodwuoft ''Alphabetical list of the officers of the Madras army''] by Edward Dodwell, 1838 (Archive.org) | ||
| + | [http://books.google.com/books?id=_G4BAAAAMAAJ Journals of the sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819] by Edward Lake 1825 Google Books | ||
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Revision as of 06:39, 23 November 2009
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.
A list of Madras Army regiments can either be found in the Madras Army Category or alphabetically, by type, in Madras Army Regiments.
Divisions
- Madras Artillery Regiments
- Madras Cavalry Regiments
- Madras Infantry Regiments
- Madras Sappers and Miners
Records
- Refer East India Company Army
- 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 This index is unpublished and not available elsewhere.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
- Madras Army in The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history by Harold E. Raugh, 2004
- Officer biographies - Bengal and Madras Armies from Macquarie University’s Seringapatam 1799
Historcal books online
- Alphabetical list of the officers of the Madras army by Edward Dodwell, 1838 (Archive.org)
Journals of the sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819 by Edward Lake 1825 Google Books
