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==External Links==
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-11/1322473168 post] advises that a Prussian ancestor arrived in India in 1784 to join the Austrian East India Company at Bankipur, up-river from Calcutta. The Austrian EIC went bankrupt by 1789.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-01/1168720400 thread] advises that there were lots of German Regiments in India especially during the 18th Century and until about 1820, including captured Wurttenburgers from the Dutch service who were brought in from South Africa to fight for the EIC. Many references in the India Office records are listed, including the raising of Swiss and [[Hanoverian Regiments]]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2008-08/1218610422 thread] is on similar matters.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2006-06/1149438720 thread] mentions the [[Hanoverian Regiments]] and this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1999-02/0919004517 post] mentions Swiss regiments
