Question

What was the main purpose of Army Amalgamation Scheme, 1861?

(a) To include Muslim soldiers in the Army.

(b) To recruit only the martial races from India in the Army.

(c) To move the company’s European troops to the services of the Crown

(d) To force the Indian troops to provide services outside the country also.

Answer 1

Option C - To move the company’s European troops to the services of the Crown.

More Information

■ The Army Amalgamation Scheme, 1861 :-

• The Army Amalgamation Scheme, 1861 moved theCompany’s European troops to the services of the Crown.

• Further, the European troops in India were constantly revamped by periodical visits to England, sometimes termed as the ‘linked-battalion’ scheme.

• All Indian artillery units, except a few mountain batteries, were made defunct. All higher posts in the army and the artillery departments were reserved for the Europeans.

• Till the first decade of the twentieth century, no Indian was thought fit to deserve the king’s commission and a new English recruit was considered superior to an Indian officer holding the viceroy’s commission.

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