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Madras Army Regiments

682 bytes added, 23:57, 23 March 2009
restructure and make format the same as Bombay Army
The '''Madras Army''' was one of the three [[Category:MilitaryPresidency Armies]]set up by the [[Category:RegimentsEast India Company]] == Pre . 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.
== Regiments Pre 1859 ==
=== Cavalry ===
* [[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]]
* [[1st Madras Light Cavalry]]
* [[4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
=== Artillery and Sappers=== *[[Madras Horse Artillery]] ===  === *[[Madras European Foot Artillery]] ===  === *[[Madras Native Foot Artillery]] ===  === *[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery]] ===  === *[[Madras Sappers and Miners]] ===  === *[[Madras Sappers Militia]] ===
=== Infantry ===
 
* [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]]
* [[2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry]]
* [[6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
== Regiments Post 1859 ==
=== Cavalry ===
* [[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]]
* [[1st Madras Lancers]]
* [[4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent]]
=== Artillery and Sappers===Most artillery regiments were merged into the [[Royal Artillery]].*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery]] ===  === *[[Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners]] ===  === *[[Burma Sappers and Miners]] ===
=== Infantry ===
* [[1st Madras Pioneers]]
* [[2nd Regiment of Madras Infantry]]
* [[5th Regiment of Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
* [[6th Regiment of Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
 
== External links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA216&dq=Madras%20Army&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA216,M1 Madras Army] Victorians at War (Google books)
 
[[Category:Madras Presidency|Army]]
[[Category:Madras Army|Madras Army]]

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