Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

1. During the eighteenth century, when the East India Company began recruitment for its own army, it started recruiting peasants and began training them as professional soldiers.
2. Like the Mughal army, the Company’s army was also composed of the cavalry and the infantry regiments, with the cavalry dominating the army.
3. However, as warfare technology changed during the nineteenth century, the cavalry requirements of the Company’s army declined.
4. As the soldiers had to be armed with muskets and matchlocks, the infantry regiments became more important.

Answer 2

The changes that occurred in the composition of the Company’s army are described below:

The Company began recruitment for its own army, which came to be known as the sepoy army.

As the warfare technology changed from the 1820s, the cavalry recruitments of the Company’s army declined.

The soldiers of the Company's army had to keep pace with changing military requirements and its infantry regiments now became more important.

In the early 19th century the British began to develop a uniform military culture.

Soldiers were increasingly subjected to European style training, drill, and discipline that regulated their life for more than before.

Caste and community feelings were ignored.