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== Overview ==
The [[East India Company]] (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC), 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
The three Presidency armies were quite distinct from each other and operated independently. More information can be found on their respective articles:
1. Fibis Database
*[https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=340 East India Company Army] section holds various datasets which include..
** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1117list_sources&s_idsource_class=340 407 Cadet Records]**[httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1361298&s_id=340 422 Court Martials]** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=703list_sources&s_idsource_class=340 420 EIC Officers Commissioned as Brevet Captains in the British Army, 1796]** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1361298&s_id=340 422 General Orders by Commander-in-Chief]** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=7031297&s_id=340 420 HEIC Officers given Brevet Rank in the Kings Army1798]** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_componentslist_sources&idsource_class=423 Irish Enlisted in the HEIC 1811-1855] ** [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=135list_sources&s_idsource_class=340 420 Madras Artillery]
**[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=141&s_id=67 Medal Roll for the China Campaign, 1842 Madras Artillery & Staff only]
** [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1116&s_id=340 Muster Rolls and Casualty Lists]
** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=879&s_id=340 Officers of the 1305 Bengal Presidency Alphabetical List Army 1758Officers 1760-1834]** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=394&s_id=340 1303 Officers of the Bengal Army Serving at the time of serving in May 1766 during the Batta Mutiny 1766]** [httphttps://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=395&s_id=340 1304 Officers of the Madras Army Sent to Bengal from Madras during the to Support Lord Clive - Batta Mutiny1766]
**[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=137 Pensions and Funds]
**[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=15 Prize Lists]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00mallrich ''The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive''] by Colonel GB Malleson Fourth Edition, New, 1914, first published 1883. With maps. [https://archive.org/details/decisivebattleso00malluoft 2nd edition 1885] Darker text, but lacks some maps. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/lightshadeinbygo00thor/page/n5/mode/2up ''Light and shade in bygone India: a study of the soldier in India at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries''] by Lt. Col. L. H. Thornton 1927. [https://archive.org/details/lightshadeinbygo00thor/page/n357/mode/2up Bibliography] page 341. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/rasctransportsupplyvol1/page/n13/mode/2up ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume I''] by John Fortescue (Sir John William Fortescue) 1930 Archive.org. Covers the period to 1902. Includes India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503252 ''Vignettes From Indian Wars''] by Lieut-General Sir George MacMunn, Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery 1932 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*Fiction
