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*[http://www.king-emperor.com/index.htm For the King-Emperor] The Indian Army during 1901-1939.  Photos, histories, profiles etc.
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/index.htm For the King-Emperor] The Indian Army during 1901-1939.  Photos, histories, profiles etc.
*''The Indian Army in Africa and Asia 1940-1942 Implications for the planning and execution of two nearly- simultaneous campaigns'' by Major James Scudieri, 1995 [http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll3&CISOPTR=1209&filename=1210.pdf School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenwoth Kansas USA] (pdf)
*''The Indian Army in Africa and Asia 1940-1942 Implications for the planning and execution of two nearly- simultaneous campaigns'' by Major James Scudieri, 1995 [http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/p4013coll3&CISOPTR=1209&filename=1210.pdf School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenwoth Kansas USA] (pdf)
*BBC website [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/search/index.shtml?scope=ww2peopleswar&q=Indian+Army&x=18&y=8 World War 2 People's War] - Stories involving the Indian Army
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The official (British) Indian Army was formed in 1895. Prior to this date there were three separate Presidency armies (which after 1861 were sometimes unofficially referred to as the Indian Army).

Indian Army regiments can be viewed here.

See also

Records

There are India Office records in the British Library, reference IOR L/MIL/14. The records include Indian Army Records of Service IOR/L/MIL/14/239/1-72481 c1901-1947. The closure period for these files has been set at 75 years from the date of entry of the serviceman/woman into the service. The files are opened on an annual basis. On 1 January 2010, files relating to persons joining the service in 1934 were opened. A complete alphabetical index to the opened files is now available on open access in the Oriental and India Office Collections Reading Room at the British Library

Naval and Military Press has published the Indian Army List 1919, a four-volume comprehensive list of the Indian Army during the Great War. It includes its British officers and gives details of ranks, promotions, background, honours and awards of all who served in India and other theatres

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