Indian Signal Corps

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The Indian Signal Corps was a specialized communications branch of the British Indian Army responsible for military signaling, telegraphy, and later wireless communications across the subcontinent and overseas operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the British Indian Army
military unit
signals unit
allegiance British Crown
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
country British India
dissolutionReason partition of British India
function maintain signal networks
provide communications to field formations
support command and control
garrison British India
historicalPeriod British colonial period in India
militaryBranch communications branch
operationalArea Indian subcontinent
overseas operations
parentOrganization British Indian Army
surface form: British Army in India
partOf British Indian Army
role military communications
signals
telegraphy
wireless communications
specialization field communications
military signaling
strategic communications
successor Indian Signal Corps self-linksurface differs
surface form: Corps of Signals (Indian Army)

Pakistan Army Corps of Signals
surface form: Royal Pakistan Corps of Signals
type support arm
usedTechnology line communications
signal equipment
telegraph
telephone
wireless radio

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this entity surface form: Indian Army signals units
British Indian Army hasPart Indian Signal Corps
Indian Signal Corps successor Indian Signal Corps self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Corps of Signals (Indian Army)