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Designation given to a South Asian soldier
Sepoy
Hyder Ali as a sepoy
Active
16th to 21st centuries
Country
Mughal Empire India Pakistan Nepal
Branch
infantry and artillery
Equipment
Musket
Military unit
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Equivalent ranks of Indian military
Indian Navy
Indian Army
Indian Air Force
Commissioned ranks
Admiral of the fleet
Field marshal
Marshal of the Indian Air Force
Admiral
General
Air chief marshal
Vice admiral
Lieutenant general
Air marshal
Rear admiral
Major general
Air vice marshal
Commodore
Brigadier
Air commodore
Captain
Colonel
Group captain
Commander
Lieutenant colonel
Wing commander
Lieutenant commander
Major
Squadron leader
Lieutenant
Captain
Flight lieutenant
Sub lieutenant
Lieutenant
Flying officer
Junior commissioned ranks
Master chief petty officer 1st class
Subedar major[Alt 1]
Master warrant officer
Master chief petty officer 2nd class
Subedar[Alt 2]
Warrant officer
Chief petty officer
Naib subedar[Alt 3]
Junior warrant officer
Non-commissioned ranks
Petty officer
Havildar
Sergeant
Leading seaman
Naik
Corporal
Seaman 1
Lance naik
Leading aircraftsman
Seaman 2
Sepoy
Aircraftsman
Footnotes
^Risaldar major in cavalry and armoured regiments
^Risaldar in cavalry and armoured regiments
^Naib risaldar in cavalry and armoured regiments. Called jemadar until 1965.
Sepoy (/ˈsiːpɔɪ/), related to sipahi, is a term denoting professional Indian infantryman, traditionally armed with a musket, in the armies of the Mughal Empire and the Maratha Army.
In the 18th century, the French East India Company and its other European counterparts employed locally recruited soldiers within India, mainly consisting of infantry designated as "sepoys". The largest sepoy force, trained along European lines, served the British East India Company.[1][2]
The term "sipahi" or sometimes "sepoy" continues in use in the modern Indian, Pakistan and Nepalese armies, where it denotes the rank of private.
^Gerald Bryant (1978). "Officers of the East India Company's army in the days of Clive and Hastings". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 6 (3): 203–227. doi:10.1080/03086537808582508. S2CID 159458449.
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