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.

Aliases (13)

Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial army → military organization →
allegiance	British monarch →
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Indian Army → Indian Army (under the British Raj) →
composedOf	British officers → Indian soldiers →
controlledBy	British Crown →
country	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	Bombay → Calcutta → Lucknow → Madras → Peshawar → Poona → Quetta → Rawalpindi →
hasPart	Auxiliary Force (India) → Bengal Army (post-1858 reorganization) → Bombay Army (post-1858 reorganization) → 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 (post-1858 reorganization) →
headquartersLocation	New Delhi → Simla →
motto	varied by regiment, no single army-wide motto →
notableCommander	Archibald 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 → East African campaign of World War I → Gallipoli campaign → Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) → Iraq campaign (1941) → Italian campaign of World War II → Malayan campaign of World War II → 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 → Third Anglo-Burmese War → World War I → World War II →
partOf	British Empire →
precededBy	Bengal Army → Bombay Army → East India Company Army → Madras Army →
primaryOpponent	Afghan forces in Anglo-Afghan Wars → Axis Powers in World War II → 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 (for Gurkhas) → North-West Frontier Province → Punjab → Rajasthan → United Provinces →
religiousComposition	Christian soldiers → 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 (British Raj) → India Office → War Office (United Kingdom) →
trainingLocation	Indian Military Academy, Dehradun → Royal Military College, Sandhurst (for many officers) →
usedLanguage	English → Hindustani → various Indian languages →

Referenced by (98)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
77th Indian Infantry Brigade → Auxiliary Force (India) ("British Indian Army auxiliary forces") → Bombay Army ("British Indian armed forces") → British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division → Chindits → Commander-in-Chief, India → Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → Indian Expeditionary Force D → Indian Medical Service → Indian Medical Service ("Indian Army (British India)") → Indian Signal Corps → Indian Territorial Force → Long Range Penetration Groups → Madras Army → Special Force →	partOf
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) → Battle of Imphal → Battle of Qurna (1914) → Battle of Singapore → Battle of Surabaya → Battle of the Admin Box → Italian conquest of British Somaliland → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → North-West Frontier campaigns → Second Anglo-Afghan War → Second Battle of Ypres →	belligerent
77th Indian Infantry Brigade → Iskander Mirza → Kazi Nazrul Islam → Lewis Heath → Reginald Dyer → Reginald Dyer → Reginald Dyer → Thomas Montgomerie → W. D. A. Lentaigne →	militaryBranch
10th Army (Italy) ("Indian Army (British India)") → Anglo-Sikh Wars → Battle of Surabaya → Ottoman 6th Army →	opponent
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army ("British Army in India") → Fort William, Kolkata → Ledo Road → North-West Frontier campaigns →	usedBy
Battle of Damascus (1941) ("British Indian Army units") → Battle of Kohima → Capture of Baghdad (1917) ("Indian Army") →	combatant
Delhi Durbar of 1911 → Iraq campaign (1941) → Siege of Myitkyina →	hasParticipant
Achmed Abdullah → Faiz Ahmed Faiz → Sam Manekshaw →	servedIn
British Indian Army ("Indian Army (under the British Raj)") → British Indian Army ("Imperial Indian Army") →	alsoKnownAs
Indianization of the officer corps (interwar period) → Reorganization of the Indian Army during World War II →	appliesTo
Fort St. George → Wei Hai Wei ("British Indian Army units") →	garrisonedBy
Indian Army → Indian Army ("Indian Army (British India)") →	historicalPrecursor
Iran campaign (Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran) → South-East Asian theatre of World War II →	involvedForce
Commander-in-Chief, India → Commander-in-Chief, India ("Indian Army (pre-1947)") →	jurisdiction
Bombay Army → Madras Army →	mergedInto
China Burma India Theater →	alliedForce
Indian State Forces →	alliedWith
4th Indian Division →	branch
Third Anglo-Burmese War ("British India Army") →	commandStructure
Sam Manekshaw →	commissionedIn
British Indian Army ("British officers") →	composedOf
United Kingdom →	cooperatedWith
Claude Auchinleck →	employer
Bombay Army →	followedBy
Reginald Dyer →	forcedToRetire
Operation Dracula →	groundForces
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay →	hasBelligerent
British Commonwealth forces ("Indian Army (British India)") →	hasMember
Indian Army Ordnance Corps →	historicalOrigin
North-West Frontier campaigns ("British Indian Army regiments") →	involvedUnit
Anglo-Afghan Wars →	involves
Rajputs →	militaryAllegiance
Special Force →	militaryBranchOf
Capture of Baghdad (1917) →	militaryFormationInvolved
Indian mountain artillery units →	operatedBy
Operation U-Go →	opposedBy
Pakistan Army →	origin
Indian Signal Corps ("British Army in India") →	parentOrganization
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 →	perpetrator
Indian Armed Forces →	precededBy
British Indian Army 6th (Poona) Division →	raisedBy
Indian State Forces →	relatedTo
Reginald Dyer →	retiredFrom
Indian Army engineer units →	serviceBranch
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ("British-Indian forces") →	side
Bengal Army →	succeededBy
British India Command →	usedServiceBranch