Seen & Unseen military images of Indian subcontinent of the past

third eye said:

Fair enough.

I am not promising but shall give it a good shot. Also, shall pass it around to military history buffs in my circle..

Usually regiments have / had distinctive numbers for their soldiers.

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Pakistani Exile said:

Sorry, I am trying to find the PM option but I am not sure how to do that or if only the mods can use them. Any ideas?

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@Icarus @WAJsal ... Is there anyway you could relay the info through your PM channels ?

British and Indian officers of the 1st Brahmans, 1912.



The regiment was the senior-most among the twelve Bengal Native Infantry regiments that survived the Great Indian Rebellion of 1857-58. It was accordingly one of the small number of Bengal regular infantry regiments to retain the traditions of East India Company service in the new post-Mutiny army. Renumbered as the 1st of the Bengal line, it subsequently saw active service in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885-87. Following the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army, when the names of the presidencies were dropped, the regiment became the 1st Brahman Infantry in 1901.

In 1914, the regimental centre of the 1st Brahmans was located at Allahabad and it was linked with the 3rd Brahmans. The regiment was recruited from United Provinces Brahmins, Garhwali Brahmins and some Punjabi Mussalmans. Full dress uniform of the sepoys included a high khaki turban with red fringe, a scarlet kurta (long coat) with white facings, white waist-sash, dark blue trousers and white leggings.

WW 1, details of picture typed below :

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Indian troops, of the 7th (Meerut) Division, at a "Pay Parade" in the open air.

Sheikh Rauf said:

It was NoT indian subcontinent... just SUBCONTUNENT or in urdu BAR E SAGHIR.

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Is this all you could observe or contribute to on this thread ?

BTW only today there is an article calling it the Indian Subcontinent in a Pak daily.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1113085/lessons-learnt-world-war-translated-indian-subcontinent/

@WAJsal : Possible derailment alarm !

third eye said:

@Icarus @WAJsal ... Is there anyway you could relay the info through your PM channels ?

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not that i was asked but the PM option is gone. You may however start a "conversation" with other members using that tool, that will stay private.

here, this might help:

Arsalan said:

not that i was asked but the PM option is gone. You may however start a "conversation" with other members using that tool, that will stay private.

here, this might help:
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Many thanks

third eye said:

Is this all you could observe or contribute to on this thread ?

BTW only today there is an article calling it the Indian Subcontinent in a Pak daily.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1113085/lessons-learnt-world-war-translated-indian-subcontinent/

@WAJsal : Possible derailment alarm !

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Yes thats all matter to me... if trbune make mistake it doesnt mean its right way to say..

The martial races theory was based on the racist assumption that certain Indian peoples were more martially inclined than others. The geography and culture of these peoples supposedly had common characteristics, such as hilly and mountainous terrain, a basis as hunting or agricultural societies and a history of warfare.

These groups were also said to be politically subservient and docile to authority. Most came from northern India, including the Moslems of the Punjab. Unlike the martial races, the inhabitants of southern and eastern India were supposedly unwarlike, unfit for military services and prone to political agitation.

The British however did initially recruit South Indian Coorgs and Nairs but they didn't "prove" to be much effective and the units were disbanded and recruitment stopped among them..

DESERT FIGHTER said:

The British however did initially recruit South Indian Coorgs and Nairs but they didn't "prove" to be much effective and the units were disbanded and recruitment stopped among them..

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Where have you got these inputs from ?

third eye said:

Where have you got these inputs from ?

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David Omissi's book .. The sepoy and the Raj.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sepoy-Raj-1860-1940-Politics-Strategic/dp/0333729765


Unfortunately I couldn't read the entire book.. Very interesting ..

Anybody interested in British Indian army should read it!

Rajput of the Indian Army, United Provinces, 1944 (c).

The Rajputs, a high caste Hindu group from central and northern India, were one such group and the British recruited many of them into their armies.