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  1. Presidency armies

    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, composed primarily of Indian sepoys. The presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal

    Bengal

    Bengal is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Geographically, it is made up by the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta system, the largest such formation in the world; along with mountain…

    Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army.
    Active: 1774–1895
    Allegiance: East India Company
    Country: India
    Headquarters: GHQ India
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    Why did the East India Company have an army?The East India Company maintained a formidable army in each of its three Presidencies. Although there was a military presence in each Presidency beforehand, the Company established formal armies following the French capture of Fort St George (Madras) during the War of Austrian Succession in 1746.
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    What was the British East India Company?The British East India Company was a private corporation formed in December 1600 to establish a British presence in the lucrative Indian spice trade, which until then had been monopolized by Spain and Portugal.
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    How did the British government come to control the East India Company?Although the East India Company was bailed out by the British government, harsh criticism and investigations by parliamentary committees led to government oversight of its management (the Regulating Act of 1773) and later to government control of political policy in India (the India Act of 1784).
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  3. https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/armies-east-india-company

    WebOriginally formed to trade in Asia, the East India Company came to rule large areas of …

  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

    Unlike all other British Government records, the records from the East India Company (and its successor the India Office) are not in The National Archives at Kew, London, but are held by the British Library in London as part of the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections. The catalogue is searchable online in the Access to Archives catalogues. Many of the East India Company records are freely available online under an agreement that the Families in British India Society has with t…

  5. East India Company - History of Britain - ThoughtCo

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    WebFeb 27, 2012 · The East India Company was a private company which, after a long series of wars and diplomatic efforts, came to rule India in …

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    WebJul 05, 2021 · East India Company Army and Navy Refer to Presidency Armies and …

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    WebThe company’s army played a notorious role in the unsuccessful Indian Uprising (also called the Indian Mutiny) of 1857–58, in which Indian soldiers in the company’s employ led an armed revolt against their British

  8. https://wiki.fibis.org/w/East_India_Company_Army

    WebMay 25, 2022 · The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East

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    WebDec 16, 2018 · The Company, which began in India as a purely mercantile institution, eventually came to control vast territories across the subcontinent. These wild frontiers and busy cities required garrisons ...

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