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In the early years of British rule in India, the East India Company sometimes hired whole regiments from European countries to supplement their own forces. For example, ''The Swiss Regiment'' was stationed in [[Madras]] in 1801. If you know that your ancestor served with a European military unit in India, then you will need to search the records of the country of origin of the regiment. If they served in a British or HEIC unit, then their records are described on this website.
Sylvia Murphy of Sydney, Australia has transcribed the [http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/foreign.htm List of Officers of the Bengal Army of Foreign Extraction].
Article ''German Voices from India : Officers of the Hanoverian Regiments in East India Company Service'' by Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi, South Asia, 32:2 (2009), 189-211. Publisher: University of Western Australia Press; Carfax; Routledge. ISSN 00856401. ISSN (electronic) 14790270.
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