Presidency armies of British India

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colonial army military organization

The Presidency armies of British India were the separate regional military forces maintained by the British East India Company (and later the British Crown) in Bengal, Bombay, and Madras before the unification of the Indian Army.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
British Raj military establishment 1
Presidency armies of British India canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
after formation of Bengal Presidency ⓘ
formation of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
formation of Madras Presidency ⓘ
composedOf European troops ⓘ
Indian sepoys ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
Carnatic Wars ⓘ
Anglo-Maratha Wars ⓘ
surface form: Maratha Wars

Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
surface form: Mysore Wars
controlledBy Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India (after 1858)

Presidency governments (before 1858) ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dissolvedToForm British Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: unified British Indian Army
doctrine European-style drill and tactics ⓘ
endTime 1895 ⓘ
followedBy British Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: Indian Army (unified British Indian Army)
garrison Mumbai ⓘ
surface form: Bombay

Calcutta ⓘ
Madras, India ⓘ
surface form: Madras
hasPart Bengal Army ⓘ
Bombay Army ⓘ
Madras Army ⓘ
legalForm Company army ⓘ
location Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
Madras Presidency ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
surface form: Arthur Wellesley

Robert Clive ⓘ
operator British Crown ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
partOf British Indian Army ⓘ
surface form: British Indian Army (historical precursor)

British East India Company forces ⓘ
surface form: East India Company forces
significantEvent Abolition of East India Company rule (1858) ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
surface form: Mutiny in Bengal Army (1857)

Reorganization under the British Crown ⓘ
Unification into a single Indian Army (1895) ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
Company rule in India ⓘ
use defence of East India Company territories ⓘ
expansion of British control in India ⓘ
expeditionary warfare in Asia ⓘ
suppression of internal revolts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bombay Army → partOf → Presidency armies of British India ⓘ
Patrick Grant → partOf → Presidency armies of British India ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Raj military establishment