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== East India Company's Armies ==
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The East India Company maintained a formidable army in each of its three Presidencies. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of Fort St. George (Madras) during the War of Austrian Succession in 1746. These armies grew over the next hundred years until the renowned ‘Indian Mutiny’ (1857-59). After the Mutiny, the India Act of 1858 of the English parliament, decreed the dissolution of these armies. Its European soldiers were given the option either of transferring to the British Army or of discharge with a bounty and shipment back to Europe. About 50 percent selected each option. The mutinous native regiments were disbanded but those few, who remained loyal to the British, plus loyal native irregular units, formed the basis of the new ‘Indian Army’, which continued until Independence in 1947.
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Latest revision as of 10:37, 10 March 2013

What is This?

FibiWiki is an encyclopaedia of information about life in British India. You have found records relating to an ancestor who lived in India or South Asia under the control of the East India Company (1600-1858) or the British Raj (1858-1947) and wish to understand them.

By clicking on the blue wording below, you will be directed to pages on which you should find the answer to your question.

If you should be unsuccessful, please contact the FIBIS Webmaster and we shall try to find the answer for you. OR please feel free to edit the FibiWiki and insert the information if you find it elsewhere.

BEWARE 1. Spelling can be a problem. Spelling of placenames, Spellings will be written in the way current at the date of the record. It may be necessary to look at alternative spellings more common at other times

BEWARE 2. Some of the handwritten records may be difficult to interpret by those chosen to transcribe. Them. If you are unable to find a proper interpretation, please contact FIBIS Webmaster.

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