Question

2. Write any two features of the sepoy army
raised by the EEIC.​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the 18th century, the French East India Company and its other European counterparts employed locally recruited soldiers within India, mainly consisting of infantry designated as "sepoys". The largest of these Indian forces, trained along European lines, was that belonging to the British East India Company.[1]

The term "sepoy" is still used in the modern Nepalese Army, Indian Army and Pakistan Army, where it denotes the rank of private soldier.

Answer 2

The Answer is:

In the Mughal Emperor's army, a trained Indian infantry soldier wielding a rifle was once referred as a "sepoy."

• The "British East India Company" and its other European rivals utilised locally hired warriors in India throughout the 18th century; these men were mostly soldiers known as "sepoys."
• The British East India Company's Indian armies were the largest and were organised under European standards.
• Before the British Indian Army, which then in turn came before the Military of Indian Independence, there were the Forces of both the English East India Company.
• Three Presidential Soldiers—the "Bengal, Madras, and Bombay" Presidencies—were formed from of the EEIC's forces. '
• The EEIC developed a strategy of assisting local Nawabs and princes to rise to power and pledged to keep them safe in exchange for trade privileges from the Nawabs & rulers.
• The corporation utilised its armed power to impose terrible taxes, conduct out officially endorsed plundering, subjugate Indian governments and princes with which it had previously entered into commercial deals, and defend its capitalist oppression of both talented and unskilled Indian workers.
• The military of the company was notable for its participation in the failed Indian Uprising, which saw Indian soldiers under the company's control lead an armed rebellion against their British superiors.
• The insurrection rapidly received support from the general populace as a battle for Indian independence.

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