Question

Describe the changes that occurred in composition of the company army.

Answer 1

The East India Company formed its own army known as the ‘Sepoy Army’. It reduced its cavalry force and increased its infantry. The soldiers were trained in archery and Sword fight. Like the Mughal states the Company also recruited large number of armed peasants who were trained as professional soldiers.

In the early nineteenth century the British began to develop a uniform military culture.

Soldiers were increasingly subjected to European-style training, drill and discipline.

Answer 2

After the revolt of 1857,

British decided that rather than recruiting soldiers from Awadh, Bihar, Central India and South India, more soldiers would be recruited among Gwarakhs, Sikhs and Pathans. The proportion of Indian soldiers would be less than British soldiers in army.

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