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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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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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