The presidency armies were the armies of the three presidencies of the East India Company's rule in India, later the forces of the British Crown in India...

Army appears to have been first used informally, as a collective description of the Presidency armies, which collectively comprised the Bengal Army,...

however, the unwieldy presidencies were broken up into "Provinces". The EIC presidency armies were restructured into the British Indian Army. "British India"...

Bombay Army. By 1783 the Bombay Army had grown to 15,000 men, a force that was still significantly smaller than the other two Presidency armies. Recruitment...

Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidency armies, like...

Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidency armies, like...

is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The Indian Army was established on 1 April 1895 alongside the long established presidency armies of the East India...

(C-in-C) in 1748 to head its three Presidency Armies, namely the Bengal Army, the Bombay Army and the Madras Army. Following the 1857-58 Indian rebellion...

the Bengal Army was the largest of the Presidency Armies. The Gurkhas were also recruited under the Bengal Army. In 1895, the Bengal Army was merged into...

began in the regular British Army but he soon transferred to the presidency armies of India. As a temporary brigadier-general, he was responsible for...

The Presidency armies of the British East India Company, and the armed forces of the Dutch East India Company. Both possessed powerful armies and navies...

the form of the company's three presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British army at the time. Originally chartered...

drastic changes in the Bengal and Bombay armies, had no effect on the Madras Army. In 1895, the presidency armies were finally merged and the Madras regiments...

was suspended and the rebellion was eventually suppressed by the presidency armies. The rebellion was led by the four sibling brothers - Sidhu, Kanhu...

presidencies of the company began to maintain armies at Calcutta (Bengal Army), Madras (Madras Army) and Bombay (Bombay Army). The presidency armies had...

cucumber can be included. The cocktail was created by officers of the Presidency armies, the military force of the East India Company which operated on the...

(EIC) in the Native infantry of the Bengal Army, one of the three EIC's Presidency armies. The Madras Army adopted this rank on 2 February 1819. In 1825...

against the British presence. In Tamil Nadu he waged a war against the Presidency armies in 1752–1759. Born into a konar (Yadav) family, he became a military...

three separate Presidency armies were absorbed into the British Indian Army in 1903. There are units currently serving in the armies of India, Pakistan...

armies in the presidencies of Bengal, Bombay and Madras functioned as the respective presidency armies until April 1895, when the presidency armies were...

Catherine. He became an officer cadet in the East India Company's Presidency armies just before the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion resulted in...

Indian Army. Both Subedars and Risaldars wore two stars as rank insignia. The rank was introduced in the East India Company's presidency armies (the Bengal...

Indian Army, after the Kitchener Reforms of 1903. It succeeded Headquarters, India which was the term in use initially after the three Presidency armies had...

Southern Army Commander. The Presidency armies were abolished with effect from 1 April 1895 when the three Presidency armies became the Indian Army. The Indian...

Indian Army in 1903. These reforms were intended to improve the Army, which had been formed from the separate Bengal, Bombay and Madras presidency armies in...

HEIC in the Native cavalry of the Presidency armies, around the year 1825. In the Native infantry of the Madras Army, the equivalent rank of Subedar-Major...

Presidency armies were abolished with effect from 1 April 1895 when the three Presidency armies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras became the Indian Army....

period. This included the presidency armies of the East India Company from 1757 onwards (along with the succeeding British Indian Army), and colonial units...

the Bombay Army which restored Company control over the town from the rebels, which included mutinying sepoys from the Presidency armies. Hundreds of...

With the abolition of the Presidency Armies by the Government and the evolution of the Army into 10 Divisions, the Army Hospital Native Corps was re-organised...