Armies of the British East India Company

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colonial army military organization

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 ⓘ British East India Company forces ⓘ surface form: East India Company armies
commandedBy	Commander‑in‑Chief, India ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India
commandStructure	presidency-based command ⓘ
composedOf	Bengal Army ⓘ Bombay Army ⓘ Madras Army ⓘ
controlledBy	Court of Directors ⓘ surface form: Court of Directors of the East India Company Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of India
country	British East India Company ⓘ
disbanded	1858 ⓘ
disbandedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
endTime	1858 ⓘ
financedBy	East India Company revenues ⓘ land revenue from Indian territories ⓘ
garrisoned	Bengal Presidency ⓘ Bombay Presidency ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Mumbai ⓘ surface form: Bombay Calcutta ⓘ Madras, India ⓘ surface form: Madras
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 ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
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 ⓘ