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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.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35547 ''Report Of The Army In India Committee 1919-20 Part II''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36694 ''The Army in India and Its Evolution: Including an account of the establishment of the Royal Air Force in India''] 1924. Compiled Officially. Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune, India]). A pdf download to your computer. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207847 Archive.org version].
* [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/7986 ''India's Army'' ] by Major Donovan Jackson 1940. Not currently available from Digital Central Secretariat Library of India, (previously handle/2015/238435 although possibly may become re-available in the futureCSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19395371#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 ''Short History of the Indian Army''] by Lieutenant Colonel B.N. Majumdar 1971. Reprinted from ''The Bulletin'', Military Historical Society. Wellcome Library Digital Collection.
*[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
