Armies of the British East India Company

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The Armies of the British East India Company were the private military forces maintained by the Company in India, comprising separate presidency armies that played a central role in establishing and expanding British colonial rule on the subcontinent.

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Armies of the British East India Company canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Company armies ⓘ
EIC presidency armies ⓘ
East India Company armies ⓘ
commandedBy Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
commandStructure presidency-based command ⓘ
composedOf Bengal Army ⓘ
Bombay Army ⓘ
Madras Army ⓘ
controlledBy Court of Directors of the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Court of Directors

Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
country British East India Company ⓘ
disbanded 1858 ⓘ
disbandedBy Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
endTime 1858 ⓘ
financedBy East India Company revenues ⓘ
land revenue from Indian territories ⓘ
garrisoned Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bombay ⓘ
linked to: Mumbai

Calcutta ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India
impact establishment of British colonial rule in India ⓘ
militarization of Company administration ⓘ
influenced British Indian Army ⓘ
influencedBy British Army ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ
legalBasis Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Royal Charter of the East India Company ⓘ
maintainedBy British East India Company ⓘ
notableUnitType European regiments ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
irregular cavalry ⓘ
sepoy infantry ⓘ
operatedIn British India ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
participatedIn Anglo-Maratha Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
First Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
primaryRole defence of Company possessions ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
territorial expansion ⓘ
recruitmentFrom British officers ⓘ
European soldiers ⓘ
Indian sepoys ⓘ
local Indian elites ⓘ
regulation Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
reorganizedAs British Indian Army ⓘ
resultOf expansion of Company trade into territorial rule ⓘ
significantEvent mutiny of Bengal Army in 1857 ⓘ
startTime 1600s ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedFor conquest of Indian princely states ⓘ
protection of trade routes ⓘ
suppression of rebellions ⓘ

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Bombay Army → partOf → Armies of the British East India Company ⓘ