Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army

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colonial administrative position military office

The Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army was the senior-most military officer in charge of the British East India Company’s (and later British Indian) Madras Presidency forces, overseeing their administration, discipline, and operations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army	1
Commander-in-Chief, India	1
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Command	1
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Presidency Army	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative position ⓘ military office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Madras Presidency ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ Viceroy of India ⓘ surface form: Governor-General of India
coordinateWith	Commander-in-Chief, Bengal ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Bengal Army Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army
country	British India ⓘ
dissolved	late 19th century ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	European regiments in Madras Army ⓘ Indian sepoy regiments in Madras Army ⓘ artillery units of Madras Army ⓘ cavalry units of Madras Army ⓘ fortress garrisons in Madras Presidency ⓘ
hasDomain	colonial defence ⓘ military affairs ⓘ
hasRole	chief military adviser in Madras Presidency ⓘ head of Madras Army ⓘ senior military commander ⓘ
historicalPeriod	British East India Company ⓘ surface form: British East India Company rule in India British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
inception	18th century ⓘ
location	India ⓘ Chennai ⓘ surface form: Madras Madras Presidency ⓘ
militaryBranch	Madras Army ⓘ Presidency armies ⓘ
notableFor	command of one of the three Presidency armies in India ⓘ
partOf	British East India Company ⓘ British Indian Army ⓘ Madras Army ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ
replacedBy	Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Madras Command regional commands of British Indian Army ⓘ
reportsTo	Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ Governor’s Executive Council of Madras Presidency ⓘ surface form: Governor in Council, Madras Presidency Governor of Madras ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of Madras Army ⓘ defence of Madras Presidency ⓘ deployment of Madras Army ⓘ discipline of Madras Army ⓘ operations of Madras Army ⓘ training of Madras Army ⓘ
saidToBeSameAs	Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Madras Presidency Army
usedBy	British Indian Army ⓘ surface form: British Army in India British East India Company ⓘ Government of British India ⓘ surface form: British Indian government

Referenced by (5)

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

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → coordinateWith → Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army

Lord Roberts → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → replacedBy → Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Madras Command

Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → saidToBeSameAs → Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Madras Presidency Army

Lord Roberts → titleHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army ⓘ