British Indian Army

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colonial army military organization

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 (35)

Label	Occurrences
British Indian Army canonical	250
Indian Army (British India)	6
British Indian Army units	5
Indian Army (British Indian Army)	5
British Army in India	4
British Indian Army high command	2
British Indian Army in World War II	2
British Indian Army officer corps	2
British-Indian forces	2
Indian Army	2
Indian forces	2
British Empire military forces in India	1
British India Army	1
British Indian Army (during early history)	1
British Indian Army (field command)	1
British Indian Army (historical precursor)	1
British Indian Army auxiliary forces	1
British Indian Army command structure	1
British Indian Army expeditionary force	1
British Indian Army forces	1
British Indian Army in World War I	1
British Indian Army medical services	1
British Indian Army regiments	1
British Indian Expeditionary forces	1
British Indian armed forces	1
British Indian military authorities	1
British officers	1
Imperial Indian Army	1
Indian Army (pre-1947)	1
Indian Army (under British rule)	1
Indian Army (under the British Raj)	1
Indian Army (unified British Indian Army)	1
Indian Army personnel	1
Indian Army troops	1
unified British Indian Army	1

Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial army ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	British monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British Indian Army ⓘ surface form: Imperial Indian Army British Indian Army ⓘ surface form: Indian Army (under the British Raj)
composedOf	British Indian Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British officers Indian soldiers ⓘ
controlledBy	British Crown ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
disbandedAs	imperial force upon Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ
doctrine	segregated regiments by ethnicity and religion ⓘ
endTime	1947 ⓘ
followedBy	Indian Army ⓘ Pakistan Army ⓘ
garrison	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay Calcutta ⓘ Lucknow ⓘ Chennai ⓘ surface form: Madras Peshawar ⓘ Pune ⓘ surface form: Poona Quetta ⓘ Rawalpindi ⓘ
hasPart	Auxiliary Force (India) ⓘ Bengal Army ⓘ surface form: Bengal Army (post-1858 reorganization) Bombay Army ⓘ surface form: Bombay Army (post-1858 reorganization) Gurkha units ⓘ surface form: Gurkha regiments 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 ⓘ surface form: Madras Army (post-1858 reorganization)
headquartersLocation	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi Shimla ⓘ surface form: Simla
motto	varied by regiment, no single army-wide motto ⓘ
notableCommander	Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Archibald Wavell Claude Auchinleck ⓘ Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Burma campaign of World War II East African campaign ⓘ surface form: East African campaign of World War I Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli campaign Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) ⓘ Iraq campaign (1941) ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian campaign of World War II Battle of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malayan campaign of World War II Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamian campaign of World War I North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African campaign of World War II Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ East African campaign ⓘ surface form: Somaliland campaign Anglo-Afghan Wars ⓘ surface form: Third Anglo-Afghan War Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Bengal Army ⓘ Bombay Army ⓘ Bengal Army ⓘ surface form: East India Company Army Madras Army ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Afghan forces in Anglo-Afghan Wars ⓘ Axis powers ⓘ surface form: Axis Powers in World War II Central Powers ⓘ surface form: Central Powers in World War I Ottoman Empire in Middle Eastern campaigns ⓘ various tribal groups on the North-West Frontier ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy	martial races theory ⓘ
recruitmentRegions	Bihar ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ Nepal ⓘ surface form: Nepal (for Gurkhas) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ surface form: North-West Frontier Province Punjab ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ United Provinces ⓘ
religiousComposition	Christian soldiers ⓘ Gurkha units ⓘ surface form: Gurkha (Hindu and Buddhist) soldiers 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 ⓘ surface form: Government of India (British Raj) India Office in London ⓘ surface form: India Office War Office ⓘ surface form: War Office (United Kingdom)
trainingLocation	Indian Military Academy, Dehradun ⓘ Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ surface form: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (for many officers)
usedLanguage	English ⓘ Hindustani ⓘ various Indian languages ⓘ

Referenced by (306)

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 was relieved of command → militaryBranch → British Indian Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Reginald Dyer

Reginald Dyer was relieved of command → forcedToRetire → British Indian Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Reginald Dyer

Bengal Army → succeededBy → British Indian Army ⓘ

Achmed Abdullah → servedIn → British Indian Army ⓘ

British Indian Army → alsoKnownAs → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Army (under the British Raj)

British Indian Army → alsoKnownAs → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Indian Army

British Indian Army → composedOf → British Indian Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British officers

Reginald Dyer → militaryBranch → British Indian Army ⓘ

Reginald Dyer → retiredFrom → British Indian Army ⓘ

Reorganization of the Indian Army during World War II → appliesTo → British Indian Army ⓘ

Ledo Road → usedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ

Chindits → partOf → British Indian Army ⓘ

South-East Asian theatre of World War II → involvedForce → British Indian Army ⓘ

Indian Armed Forces → precededBy → British Indian Army ⓘ

Indian Army → historicalPrecursor → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Army (British India)

Battle of Surabaya → opponent → British Indian Army ⓘ

Battle of Surabaya → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ

followed by Delhi Durbar of 1911 → hasParticipant → British Indian Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Delhi Durbar of 1911

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 → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Army (British India)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz → servedIn → British Indian Army ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → partOf → British Indian Army ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → usedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army in India

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 Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British India 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 → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Army (British India)

Wei Hai Wei → garrisonedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Army units

North-West Frontier campaigns → belligerent → British Indian Army ⓘ

North-West Frontier campaigns → usedBy → British Indian Army ⓘ

North-West Frontier campaigns → involvedUnit → British Indian Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Army regiments