British Indian Army

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The British Indian Army was the principal military force of British-ruled India, composed largely of Indian soldiers under British officers and deployed in numerous colonial campaigns and both World Wars.

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All labels observed (49)

Label Occurrences
British Indian Army canonical 415
British Indian Army units 12
Indian Army (British Indian Army) 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (105)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
allegiance British monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial Indian Army ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

Indian Army (under the British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
composedOf British officers ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army

Indian soldiers ⓘ
controlledBy British Crown ⓘ
country British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
disbandedAs imperial force upon Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ
doctrine segregated regiments by ethnicity and religion ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
followedBy Indian Army ⓘ
Pakistan Army ⓘ
garrison Bombay ⓘ
linked to: Mumbai

Calcutta ⓘ
Lucknow ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Chennai

Peshawar ⓘ
Poona ⓘ
linked to: Pune

Quetta ⓘ
Rawalpindi ⓘ
hasPart Auxiliary Force (India) ⓘ
Bengal Army (post-1858 reorganization) ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Army

Bombay Army (post-1858 reorganization) ⓘ
linked to: Bombay Army

Gurkha regiments ⓘ
linked to: Gurkha units

Indian Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ
Indian Army Service Corps ⓘ
Indian Army Veterinary Corps ⓘ
Indian Medical Service ⓘ
Indian Signal Corps ⓘ
Indian State Forces ⓘ
Indian Territorial Force ⓘ
Indian cavalry regiments ⓘ
Indian infantry regiments ⓘ
Indian mountain artillery units ⓘ
Indian sappers and miners ⓘ
Madras Army (post-1858 reorganization) ⓘ
linked to: Madras Army
headquartersLocation New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India

Simla ⓘ
linked to: Shimla
motto varied by regiment, no single army-wide motto ⓘ
notableCommander Archibald Wavell ⓘ
linked to: Lord Wavell

Claude Auchinleck ⓘ
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ
Sam Manekshaw (as a junior officer in World War II) ⓘ
William Birdwood ⓘ
participatedIn Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
Burma campaign of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

East African campaign of World War I ⓘ
Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ⓘ
Iraq campaign (1941) ⓘ
Italian campaign of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Malayan campaign of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya

Mesopotamian campaign of World War I ⓘ
North African campaign of World War II ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
Somaliland campaign ⓘ
Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars

Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
precededBy Bengal Army ⓘ
Bombay Army ⓘ
East India Company Army ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Army

Madras Army ⓘ
primaryOpponent Afghan forces in Anglo-Afghan Wars ⓘ
Axis Powers in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Axis powers

Central Powers in World War I ⓘ
linked to: Central Powers

Ottoman Empire in Middle Eastern campaigns ⓘ
various tribal groups on the North-West Frontier ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy martial races theory ⓘ
recruitmentRegions Bihar ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
Nepal (for Gurkhas) ⓘ
linked to: Nepal

North-West Frontier Province ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
United Provinces ⓘ
religiousComposition Christian soldiers ⓘ
Gurkha (Hindu and Buddhist) soldiers ⓘ
linked to: Gurkha units

Hindu soldiers ⓘ
Muslim soldiers ⓘ
Sikh soldiers ⓘ
role defence of British India ⓘ
expeditionary force for the British Empire ⓘ
frontier warfare on the North-West Frontier ⓘ
internal security in British India ⓘ
significantEvent Indianization of the officer corps (interwar period) ⓘ
Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army (1903–1909) ⓘ
Partition of the army between India and Pakistan in 1947 ⓘ
size over 1 million soldiers in World War I ⓘ
over 2.5 million soldiers in World War II ⓘ
startTime 1858 ⓘ
subordinateTo Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: Government of India

India Office ⓘ
War Office (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: War Office
trainingLocation Indian Military Academy, Dehradun ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst (for many officers) ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ
various Indian languages ⓘ

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Referenced by (503)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → perpetrator → British Indian Army ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck → employer → British Indian Army ⓘ
Battle of Singapore → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Reginald Dyer → militaryBranch → British Indian Army ⓘ
Reginald Dyer → forcedToRetire → British Indian Army ⓘ
Bengal Army → succeededBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
Achmed Abdullah → servedIn → British Indian Army ⓘ
British Indian Army → alsoKnownAs → Indian Army (under the British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
British Indian Army → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Indian Army ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
British Indian Army → composedOf → British officers ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
Reginald Dyer → militaryBranch → British Indian Army ⓘ
Reginald Dyer → retiredFrom → British Indian Army ⓘ
Ledo Road → usedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
Chindits → partOf → British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces → precededBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army → historicalPrecursor → British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Army → historicalPrecursor → Indian Army (British India) ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
Battle of Surabaya → opponent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Battle of Surabaya → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Delhi Durbar of 1911 → hasParticipant → British Indian Army ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata → usedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
Fort St. George → garrisonedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
Kazi Nazrul Islam → militaryBranch → British Indian Army ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → Indian Army (British India) ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
Faiz Ahmed Faiz → servedIn → British Indian Army ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → partOf → British Indian Army ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → usedBy → British Army in India ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
Second Battle of Ypres → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
4th Indian Division → branch → British Indian Army ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan Wars → involves → British Indian Army ⓘ
Third Anglo-Burmese War → commandStructure → British India Army ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
Iskander Mirza → militaryBranch → British Indian Army ⓘ
Siege of Myitkyina → hasParticipant → British Indian Army ⓘ
China Burma India Theater → alliedForce → British Indian Army ⓘ
Battle of the Admin Box → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Operation Dracula → groundForces → British Indian Army ⓘ
Battle of Imphal → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars → opponent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay → hasBelligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
Operation U-Go → opposedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
Battle of Kohima → combatant → British Indian Army ⓘ
10th Army (Italy) → opponent → Indian Army (British India) ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
Wei Hai Wei → garrisonedBy → British Indian Army units ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army
North-West Frontier campaigns → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ
North-West Frontier campaigns → usedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ
North-West Frontier campaigns → involvedUnit → British Indian Army regiments ⓘ
linked to: British Indian Army