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The official (British) '''Indian Army''' was formed in 1895. Prior to this date there were three separate [[East India Company Army|Presidency armies]] (which after 1861 were sometimes unofficially referred to as the Indian Army), which were all part of the Government of the time. Just as India, as part of the British Empire, was controlled by Great Britain, the Indian Army was part of the [[British Army]], which had ultimate control.
Indian Army '''regiments''' can be viewed '''[[:Category:Indian Army|here]]'''.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285040 ''Indias Fighters''] Full title: ''India's Fighters: their Mettle, History and Services to Britain'' by Saint Nihal Singh 1914 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India.
*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served in the British Army with the [[61st Regiment of Foot]], with the 52nd (briefly), became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command, of the [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjab Infantry]], Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the [[Indian Mutiny]], [https://archive.org/stream/avariedlifearec00gordgoog#page/n46/mode/2up page 21], was then with the 25th (in England) and exchanged into the [[95th Regiment of Foot|95th]] in order to return to India, which he did in in 1860, appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862, appointed to the Kashgar Mission in 1873. Finished his service in India in February 1887. To Persia in 1889, as Military Attache and Oriental Secretary to Her Majesty’s Legation at Tehran until late 1892.
*''The Life And Opinions Of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor'' Edited by Lady MacGregor 1888 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181193 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.29522 Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.29522/2015.29522.The-Life-And-Opinions-Of-Major-General-Sir-Charles-Metcalf-Macgregor-Vol-ii#page/n411/mode/2up An overview of his career] page 395. Charles MacGregor arrived in India in December 1856, aged 16, served in the Bengal Army in many wars and campaigns, and explored in Eastern Persia. He was Quartermaster General 1880-1885, retired on medical grounds in 1886 and died 1887, aged 46. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacGregor Wikipedia]
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023004264#page/n7/mode/2up ''My Service Days: India, Afghanistan, Suakim '85, and China''] by Maj.-Gen. Sir Norman Stewart 1908 Archive.org The author initially came to India in 1872 with the [[68th Regiment of Foot]] and subsequently joined the Indian Army where he held many positions, retiring in 1904
