Hyderabad Contingent

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auxiliary force military unit

The Hyderabad Contingent was a force of locally raised troops in the princely state of Hyderabad that served under British command in various 19th-century Indian military campaigns.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops 1
Hyderabad State Army 1
Hyderabad State Forces 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary force ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuringCentury 19th century ⓘ
allegiance British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nizam of Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Nizam’s Dominions NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandLanguage English NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure British Indian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Hyderabad State NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipmentSupplier British authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundedBy Nizam of Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedByTreatyWith British Government in India NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext princely state forces under British paramountcy ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Company rule in India ⓘ
location Hyderabad State NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableFeature locally recruited but British commanded ⓘ
served outside its home state in imperial campaigns ⓘ
operatedIn British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn 19th-century Indian military campaigns ⓘ
partOf Hyderabad State Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedBy British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nizam of Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitmentArea Deccan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hyderabad State NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ
role field operations ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
support to British campaigns ⓘ
serviceType regular troops ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo British officers ⓘ
Resident at Hyderabad ⓘ
typeOf locally raised troops ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad → hasPart → Hyderabad Contingent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State Forces
forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad → hasPart → Hyderabad Contingent ⓘ
forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad → hasPart → Hyderabad Contingent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops
forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad → hasPart → Hyderabad Contingent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State Army
Central India Campaign → militaryFormationInvolved → Hyderabad Contingent ⓘ
Hyderabadi contingent allied to the British → partOf → Hyderabad Contingent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyderabad State forces