With about 1,414,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,800,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's second largest active standing army.
1.1 million soldiers on active duty with 960,000 in reserve in the Regular Indian Army, plus about 780,000 in the Territorial Army (a reserve/militia force).
The soldiers know for the use of the khukri belong to the Gurkha Regiment. These soldiers are from Nepal not India and form their own regiment in the British Army.
An army of soldiers or a troop of soldiers or a platoon of soldiers.
"Sepoys". England however never had to 'force' Indians to become professional soldiers and there was no conscription in colonial times. The Indian army provided room and board, a salary and chances of advancement to many Indians, and there was no lack of takers. The Sikhs and Ghurkas stood out as the most martial Indian peoples serving in the British-Indian army and they were renowned for their fighting spirit.
Indian soldiers were also called "Sepoys".
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1.1 million soldiers on active duty with 960,000 in reserve in the Regular Indian Army, plus about 780,000 in the Territorial Army (a reserve/militia force).
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Approx. 238990 Active Personnel
Indian troops recruited to serve in the British Army.
The soldiers know for the use of the khukri belong to the Gurkha Regiment. These soldiers are from Nepal not India and form their own regiment in the British Army.
All the shots fired during the Amritsar massacre were fired by British Indian Army soldiers, commanded by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer. The people fired upon were unarmed. The British Indian Army soldiers were a mix of Gurkhas and Baluchis, so they were Indian under British orders.
An army of soldiers or a troop of soldiers or a platoon of soldiers.
More than 1,130,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,800,000 reserve troops.
About a 160,000.
"Sepoys". England however never had to 'force' Indians to become professional soldiers and there was no conscription in colonial times. The Indian army provided room and board, a salary and chances of advancement to many Indians, and there was no lack of takers. The Sikhs and Ghurkas stood out as the most martial Indian peoples serving in the British-Indian army and they were renowned for their fighting spirit.
tribute to the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives during World War I, when they fought for the British Army