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In the days of the [[East India Company|EIC]], it was part of the Town Major's List ([[Bengal]] & [[Bombay]]) and Effective Supernumeraries ([[Madras]]). Initially part of the [[Unattached List]] (B) in the [[Indian Army]], it became the Indian Army Ordnance Department in 1884 and was headed by the [[Commissariat General]] - Ordnance and then became the Indian Army Ordnance Corps in 1922.
==History FIBIS resources==*"John Braddock- Powder Master" by Sylvia Murphy ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 25-31. John Braddock arrived in Madras in 1813. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of the Ordinance Departmenthow to access this article. ==Also see==In 1775 the *[[East India CompanyConductors]] established the *[[Ordnance Department|'Board of Ordinance'Unattached List]] at *[[Fort WilliamCossipore]], in Calcutta. In 1787 the location of a gunpowder gun factory was established at Ishapore which started production in 1791. In 1801 a 'Gun Carriage Agency' was set up at Cossipore that started production in 1802. In 1906 *[[Dum Dum]], the administration location of Indian Ordinance factories came under an ammunition factory*[[Ishapore]], the 'Inspector General location of Ordinance Factories'. This changed again in 1936 to the 'Director of Ordinance Factories <ref name =IA15>“Industrial Railways a gunpowder factory, and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry IA15 page ....</ref>.later a rifle factory
==History of the Ordnance Department==In 1775 the [[East India Company]] established the [[Ordnance Department|'Board of Ordnance']] at [[Fort William]], in Calcutta. In 1787 a gunpowder factory was established at Ishapore which started production in 1791. In 1801 a 'Gun Carriage Agency' was set up at Cossipore that started production in 1802. In 1906 the administration of Indian Ordnance factories came under the 'Inspector General of Ordnance Factories'. This changed again in 1936 to the 'Director of Ordnance Factories <ref name =IA15>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry IA15 page ....</ref>. The following Ordinance Ordnance Factories have been identified as having railways ''(see separate pages for more information)'':-
*[[Cossipore, Gun and Shell Factory Railway|Cossipore, Gun and Shell Factory]]
Also the following Arsenals and Ordinance Depots:-
*[[Quetta Arsenal Light Railway|Quetta Arsenal]]
*[[Chheoki, Central Ordinance Factory Ordnance Depot Railway|Chheoki, Central Ordinance Depot]]
==FIBIS resourcesSmall Arms==*Small Arms were procured in Britain by the East India Company which included "John Braddock- Powder MasterCompany's Pattern" by Sylvia Murphy pieces<ref>[http://www.foresightbooks.com/seic/reviews.htm Reviews of ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)Smallarms Of The East India Company 1600-1856'' pages 25-31by D.F. John Braddock arrived in Madras Harding, published 1999 in 1813. See [[FIBIS Journalsfour volumes]] for details of how to access this article. ==Also see==*[[Conductors]]*[[Unattached List]]*[[Cossipore]http://www.foresightbooks.com/index.php ''An Introduction to East India Company Smallarms c1775-1851'']by D F Harding, published in 2013. All five books are available at the location of a gun factory*[[Dum Dum]], British Library.</ref> such as the location of an ammunition factory*Indian Pattern Musket.<ref>[[Ishaporehttp://barry-lewis.com/musket/ India Pattern Musket]], the location of a gunpowder factory, and later a rifle factorybarry-lewis.com</ref>
==Occupations==
===Civil Chief Master Armourer===
They appear to be persons who went around inspecting weapons in places which held them, such as police stations and prisons. <ref>Peter et al. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8582&p=39708 Role of a Civil Chief Master Armourer (India)] Victorian Wars Forum 12 September 2013 et al. Retrieved 10 November 2014 </ref>
==Articles about Stud farms=====Pusa===Pusa is located in Bihar, previously part of the stud farm at PusaBengal Presidency, and is now an Agricultural Research Institute.<ref> [http://www.iari.res.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456&Itemid=1247 IARI Regional Station, Pusa (Bihar)] iari.res.in</ref><br>Articles
*"The Origin of "the Pusa Experiment" : The East India Company and Horse-Breeding in Bengal, 1793-1808" by Garry John Adler. ''Bengal Past & Present'', 98 (1979), 10-32. Publisher: Calcutta Historical Society.
*"A government stud farm [1798-1811] in the days of the company bahadur" by R A Addington ''Cavalry Journal'' Issue No 18, 1928, published London. ([http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1094760&recordType=Journal Title Index for the issue])===Other studs===In 1835 there was a stud at Buxar, now Bihar, then part of the Bengal Presidency.<ref> [https://archive.org/stream/fiveyearsinindiavol1/Five_Years_in_India_Vol_1#page/n69/mode/2up Page 41] ''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, Volume I'' by Henry Edward Fane 1842 Archive.org</ref>
==External links==
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/759_AOC.htm Army Ordinance Corps] indiapicks.com
*[httphttps://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol44_3_4_KRoy.pdf "Technology Transfer And The Evolution Of Ordnance Establishment In British-India: 1639-1856"] by Kaushik Roy ''Indian Journal of History of Science'', 44.3 (2009) 411-433.
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=n1ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA164 ''Strength, Organisation and Composition of the Army of Great Britain''], Martin Petrie (1864) gives details of the Ordnance Department factories, pp164-167.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_391.gif The Ordnance Department] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 4'', page 362. Mentions the various factories.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LdISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187 Page 187] ''Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 24, Part 2 East India (Education) II- Madras 1859, session 2''. This report refers to the attempt made by Lieutenant Braddock in 1830 to improve Carnatic Ordnance Artificers by theoretical instruction.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b637408?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''The East India Company’s Arsenals and Manufactories''] by Brigadier-General H. A. Young, Director of Ordnance Factories in India 1917-1920, published 1937. HathiTrust Digital Library. Possibly not available in USA. It is also available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/east-india-companys-arsenals-and-manufactories/ ''East India Company’s Arsenals and Manufactories''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsRwziBAxU online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books/India). [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=URK-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP5 Preview Google Books].
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