Pictures of Colonial brit Indian army

[third eye]

Pictures of 52nd Sikhs

The 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1846 as the 2nd Regiment of Infantry The Frontier Brigade. It was designated as the 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) in 1903 and became 2nd Battalion (Sikhs) 12th Frontier Force Regiment in 1922.

In 1947, it was allocated to the Pakistan Army, where it continues to exist as 4th Battalion The Frontier Force Regiment

 

[third eye]

2nd battalion 4th Bombay grenadiers (King Edward's own) formerly the 102nd King Edward's own grenadiers

1914 French postcard showing a Sikh Havaldar posing for the photographer at Marseille, France, in the early days of the First World War.

Indian reinforcements who fought at Givenchy in December 1914

 

[third eye]

An NCO from Bengal Lancers

A Regiment of Indian Lancers Preparing to Charge

Elephants being loaded 1901

British Army Carbiners, Sialkot 1882

 

[T90TankGuy]

beautiful pics . i love these old ones. do you have any links for them ?

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Soldiers of yesteryears look so terrorfull and healthy than those of today..
They are amazing to be honest..

 

[third eye]

Kuki Khels - Native Regiments Peshawar 1880's

The British classified the Afridi in 8 different clans, with many subtribes in a hierarchical structure:

Kuki Khel
Malikdín Khel
Qambar Khel
Kamar Khel
Zakha Khel
Aka Kel
Sepáh
Adam Khel/bazid khel

Can someone educate me on this and how relevant is this hierachy today ?

 

[third eye]

Loyal Native Officers at Umballa . Circa The Mutiny Period

The Elephant Battery at Peshawar 1880's

This pic I think has been posted before.

 

[Hulk]

Loyal Native Officers at Umballa . Circa The Mutiny Period

The Elephant Battery at Peshawar 1880's

This pic I think has been posted before.

You can see moustache on all of them.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Kuki Khels - Native Regiments Peshawar 1880's

The British classified the Afridi in 8 different clans, with many subtribes in a hierarchical structure:

Kuki Khel
Malikdín Khel
Qambar Khel
Kamar Khel
Zakha Khel
Aka Kel
Sepáh
Adam Khel/bazid khel

Can someone educate me on this and how relevant is this hierachy today ?

they are simply clans of the bigger tribe and still exist today. any afridi will tell you what Afridi he is if you know the area and the tribe. there is no hierarchy as you put it in terms of Hindu caste system

they were named because of their family heads and where they chose to settle.

 

[Icarus]

Kuki Khels - Native Regiments Peshawar 1880's

The British classified the Afridi in 8 different clans, with many subtribes in a hierarchical structure:

Kuki Khel
Malikdín Khel
Qambar Khel
Kamar Khel
Zakha Khel
Aka Kel
Sepáh
Adam Khel/bazid khel

Can someone educate me on this and how relevant is this hierachy today ?

The sub-clans exist to this day, however they are identified as Afridis. More detailed classification has been ruled out in favour of the common root tribal name. For example the people from Bannu are referred to as 'Bannusi' even though they consist of over 20 sub-clans.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Kuki Khels - Native Regiments Peshawar 1880's

The British classified the Afridi in 8 different clans, with many subtribes in a hierarchical structure:

Kuki Khel
Malikdín Khel
Qambar Khel
Kamar Khel
Zakha Khel
Aka Kel
Sepáh
Adam Khel/bazid khel

Can someone educate me on this and how relevant is this hierachy today ?

they are simply clans of the bigger tribe and still exist today. any afridi will tell you what Afridi he is if you know the area and the tribe. there is no hierarchy as you put it in terms of Hindu caste system

they were named because of their family heads and where they chose to settle.

 

[third eye]

they are simply clans of the bigger tribe and still exist today. any afridi will tell you what Afridi he is if you know the area and the tribe. there is no hierarchy as you put it in terms of Hindu caste system

they were named because of their family heads and where they chose to settle.

Many thanks

I was aware that there could not be a hierarchy like the Hindu system but was curious as to why the Brits created one as I read in Wiki which I had C&P.

 

[jatt+gutts]

sikh soldiers of british indian army

sikh armymen in france marching to chasen german hooligans

 

[jatt+gutts]

sikh armymen inspecting captured german tank. world war 2

this one seems like from sikh armymen in italy.. not sure though

sikh soldiers in marsille france

women pinning flower to honour soldiers arriving in france

spectacular image of soldiers charging german trenches

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

From where did u get those masterpieces/.?