Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae "By command of the King and Parliament of England"
Engagements
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Buxar
Carnatic Wars
Anglo-Mysore Wars
Anglo-Maratha Wars
Vellore Mutiny
Anglo-Nepalese War
Anglo-Burmese wars
First Anglo-Afghan War
First Anglo-Sikh War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Anglo-Persian War
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Commanders
Notable commanders
Stringer Lawrence
Eyre Coote
Robert Clive
Charles Napier
Charles Cornwallis
Arthur Wellesley
Archibald Campbell
Gerard Lake
James Outram
Hugh Gough
Military unit
Subedar of the 21st Bengal Native Infantry (1819)
The presidency armies were the armies of the three presidencies of the East India Company's rule in India, later the forces of the British Crown in India, composed primarily of Indian sepoys. The presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army. Initially, only Europeans served as commissioned or non-commissioned officers. In time, Indian Army units were garrisoned from Peshawar in the north, to Sind in the west, and to Rangoon in the east. The army was engaged in the wars to extend British control in India (the Mysore, Maratha and Sikh wars) and beyond (the Burma, Afghan, First and Second Opium Wars, and the Expedition to Abyssinia).
The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the Company until the Indian Rebellion of 1857, when the Crown took over the Company and its three armies. In 1895, the three presidency armies were merged into a united Indian Army.
The presidencyarmies were the armies of the three presidencies of the East India Company's rule in India, later the forces of the British Crown in India...
however, the unwieldy presidencies were broken up into "Provinces". The EIC presidencyarmies were restructured into the British Indian Army. "British India"...
Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidencyarmies, like...
Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidencyarmies, like...
Bombay Army. By 1783 the Bombay Army had grown to 15,000 men, a force that was still significantly smaller than the other two Presidencyarmies. Recruitment...
is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The Indian Army was established on 1 April 1895 alongside the long established presidencyarmies of the East India...
Bengal Army was one of the PresidencyArmies of British India. It was formed by the East India Company. The Commander-in-Chief of the Bengal Army was concurrently...
drastic changes in the Bengal and Bombay armies, had no effect on the Madras Army. In 1895, the presidencyarmies were finally merged and the Madras regiments...
The Presidencyarmies of the British East India Company, and the armed forces of the Dutch East India Company. Both possessed powerful armies and navies...
was suspended and the rebellion was eventually suppressed by the presidencyarmies. The rebellion was led by the four sibling brothers - Sidhu, Kanhu...
the form of the company's three presidencyarmies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British army at the time. Originally chartered...
presidencies of the company began to maintain armies at Calcutta (Bengal Army), Madras (Madras Army) and Bombay (Bombay Army). The presidencyarmies had...
cucumber can be included. The cocktail was created by officers of the Presidencyarmies, the military force of the East India Company which operated on the...
began in the regular British Army but he soon transferred to the presidencyarmies of India. As a temporary brigadier-general, he was responsible for...
against the British presence. In Tamil Nadu he waged a war against the Presidencyarmies in 1752–1759. Born into a konar (Yadav) family, he became a military...
Catherine. He became an officer cadet in the East India Company's Presidencyarmies just before the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion resulted in...
Indian Army. Both Subedars and Risaldars wore two stars as rank insignia. The rank was introduced in the East India Company's presidencyarmies (the Bengal...
three separate Presidencyarmies were absorbed into the British Indian Army in 1903. There are units currently serving in the armies of India, Pakistan...
Indian Army, after the Kitchener Reforms of 1903. It succeeded Headquarters, India which was the term in use initially after the three Presidencyarmies had...
The East India Company had raised armies in each of the Presidencies, Bombay, Bengal and Madras. The Bombay Army consisted of a number of infantry regiments...
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