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The title changed to In the days of the [[East India Company|EIC]], it was part of the Town Major's List ([[Bengal]] & [[Bombay]]) and Effective Supernumeraries ([[Madras]]). Initially part of the [[Unattached List]] (B) in the [[Indian Army]], it became the Indian Army Ordnance (Store) Department 1887, in 1884 and was headed by the [[Commissariat General]] - Ordnance. It subsequently and then became the Indian Army Ordnance Corps, in 1922.
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The '''Ordnance Department''' was the part of the military responsible for the supply of weapons and ammunition. It appears that, at least in [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]], it was also responsible for the Stud Department.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=n1ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA165 ''Strength, Organisation and Composition of the Army of Great Britain''] by Martin Petrie (1864) p165</ref>
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