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[[Category:Military]]
The '''Madras Army''' was one of the three [[Presidency Armies]] set up by 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.
[[Category:Regiments]]
 
== Pre 1859 ==


== Regiments Pre 1859 ==
=== Cavalry ===
=== Cavalry ===
* [[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]]
* [[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]]
* [[1st Madras Light Cavalry]]
* [[1st Madras Light Cavalry]]
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* [[4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
* [[4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
===Artillery and Sappers===
=== [[Madras Horse Artillery]] ===
*[[Madras Horse Artillery]]
 
*[[Madras European Foot Artillery]]
*[[Madras Native Foot Artillery]]
=== [[Madras European Foot Artillery]] ===
*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery]]
 
*[[Madras Sappers and Miners]]
*[[Madras Sappers Militia]]
=== [[Madras Native Foot Artillery]] ===
 
=== [[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery]] ===
 
=== [[Madras Sappers and Miners]] ===
 
=== [[Madras Sappers Militia]] ===


=== Infantry ===
=== Infantry ===
* [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]]
* [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]]
* [[2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry]]
* [[2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry]]
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* [[6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
* [[6th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]


== Post 1859 ==
== Regiments Post 1859 ==
=== Cavalry ===
=== Cavalry ===
* [[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]]
* [[Governor's Bodyguard Madras]]
* [[1st Madras Lancers]]
* [[1st Madras Lancers]]
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* [[4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent]]
* [[4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent]]
===Artillery and Sappers===
=== [[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery]] ===
Most artillery regiments were merged into the [[Royal Artillery]].
*[[Hyderabad Contingent Artillery]]
*[[Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners]]
 
*[[Burma Sappers and Miners]]
=== [[Queen's Own Madras Sappers and Miners]] ===
 
=== [[Burma Sappers and Miners]] ===


=== Infantry ===
=== Infantry ===
* [[1st Madras Pioneers]]
* [[1st Madras Pioneers]]
* [[2nd Regiment of Madras Infantry]]
* [[2nd Regiment of Madras Infantry]]
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* [[5th Regiment of Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
* [[5th Regiment of Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
* [[6th 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]]

Revision as of 23:57, 23 March 2009

The Madras Army was one of the three Presidency Armies set up by 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.

Regiments Pre 1859

Cavalry

Artillery and Sappers

Infantry

Regiments Post 1859

Cavalry

Artillery and Sappers

Most artillery regiments were merged into the Royal Artillery.

Infantry

External links

Madras Army Victorians at War (Google books)