HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Sepoys
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Viceroys
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Duma
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Mestizo
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first purely Indian troops employed by the British were watchmen employed in each of the Presidencies of the British East India Company to protect their trading stations. These were all placed in 1748 under one Commander-in-Chief, Major-General Stringer Lawrence who is regarded as the “Father of the Indian Army".
Detailed explanation-2: -Sepoys: An army of Indian soldiers who helped the East India Company expand its rule during the 1800’s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indians were recruited for the British East India Company’s army because they were familiar with the conditions in India. Indians were prepared to take lower wages. As a result, the East India Company’s overall expenditures were cheaper than those of contracted British army men.