The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947...
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Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Army (IA), the land forces branch of the Indian Armed Forces...
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erstwhile British Indian Army (BIA). Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth...
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The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj /ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ/; lit. 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed unit of Indian collaborators...
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Indian Army is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army...
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The Indian Army, also called the British Indian Army, was involved in World War I as part of the British Empire. More than one million Indian troops served...
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Sikhs served in the British Indian Army throughout the British Raj. Sikh units fought at the Battle of Saragarhi; in the First World War, as the "Black...
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The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000...
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War the corps became a permanent component of the British Indian Army and was renamed the Indian Army Service Corps in 1923. In 1935 the corps was granted...
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formed in 1947 from two-thirds of the personnel and assets of the British Indian Army's Indian Armoured Corps. It currently consists of 67 armoured regiments...
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The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting...
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combat arm in any army. The present regiments of the Indian Army trace their origin to the British East India Company, when Indians were employed to protect...
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The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed...
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The First Indian National Army (First INA) was the Indian National Army as it existed between February and December 1942. It was formed with Japanese...
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The Indian National Army trials (also known as the INA trials and the Red Fort trials) was the British Indian trial by court-martial of a number of officers...
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War Department of the British administration in India began planning the dividing of the ~400,000 men strong British Indian Army, but that only began few...
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Gorkha regiments (India) (redirect from Gorkha Regiments of the Indian Army)
of Indian Independence in 1947, as per the terms of the Britain–India–Nepal Tripartite Agreement, six Gorkha regiments, formerly part of the British Indian...
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many of its units were from the Indian Army and there were also significant contributions from the British Army's West and East African divisions. It...
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Army Service Corps. Soon, the need for an equivalent of the REME was felt in British Indian Army too. Accordingly, the Commander-in-Chief of British forces...
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The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is one of the oldest military academies in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army. Located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand...
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Para (Special Forces) (redirect from Indian Army Para (Special Forces) selection)
Indian Army are among the oldest airborne units in the world. The 50th Indian Parachute Brigade was formed on 27 October 1941, comprising the British...
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used in India by various organizations. Flags seen at Indian Army bases "Strangely, the Indian national flag seems not to be used in military bases. I...
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Red coat (military uniform) (redirect from Redcoat (British army))
also widely used by the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces and the British Indian Army during the same period. Though, by the 20th century, the red coat...
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This is a list of regiments of the Indian Army as it was following the reorganisation of the Indian Armed Forces in 1922. Governor General's Bodyguard...
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British Army came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army...
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British Army during the First World War Demobilization of the British Armed Forces after World War II Indian Army during World War II List of British...
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Kitchener carried out a reform of the British Indian Army in 1903. These reforms were intended to improve the Army, which had been formed from the separate...
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Parachute Regiment (India) (redirect from The Parachute Regiment (Indian Army))
airborne and special forces regiment of the Indian Army. It was raised in 1945 as part of the British Indian Army but was disbanded after World War II and...
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Third Anglo-Afghan War (redirect from Afghan invasion of British India)
threat. The departure of a large part of the British Indian Army to fight overseas and news of British defeats at the hands of the Ottomans aided Ottoman...
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KCB (28 June 1806 – 4 July 1857) was a British military officer, surveyor, administrator and statesman in British India. He is best known for leading a...
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