. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce. S^ #. The Map Drawn & Engraved ly J Rapktn. AifD COMMRY CHAPTER II. JANUARY TO MAY, 1857. At the commencement of 1857, the Indianarmy, exclusive of the contingents of Nativestates, stood thus :— Presidency. Europeans. Natiyes. Total. Bengal .... 2t,,430 135,76751,24445,213 160,13361,97055,069 Grand Tot
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce. S^ #. The Map Drawn & Engraved ly J Rapktn. AifD COMMRY CHAPTER II. JANUARY TO MAY, 1857. At the commencement of 1857, the Indianarmy, exclusive of the contingents of Nativestates, stood thus :— Presidency. Europeans. Natiyes. Total. Bengal .... 2t,,430 135,76751,24445,213 160,13361,97055,069 Grand Total . . 45,522 1 232,224 277,172 The royal European troops inchided fourcavalry and twenty-two infantry regiments,containing, in all, 24,263 men. The Euro-peans in the service of the Company, con-sisted of five horse brigades of artillery,twelve battalions of foot, and nine cavalryregiments. The Native cavalry was com-posed of twenty-one regular, and thirty-three irregular regiments; the Native in-fantry, of 155 regular, and forty-five irregu-lar regiments.* The whole expense of the Indian army,which, including the Native contingentsofficered by us, mustered 315,520 men, wasreturned at £9,802,235, of which £5,668,100was calculated to be the cos
Size: 1293px × 1933px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormartinro, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookyear1858
