The Indian Army: 1765

THE INDIAN ARMY: 1765 - 1914

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	The 20th Punjab Infantry in Egypt, Circa 1882. In 1882, tired of the corruption of the Khedive of Egypt's regime, the Egyptian Army rose under Urabi Pasha. Unfortunately for Pasha, the Suez Canal ran through his country and for this reason the British sent an army to restore the old regime. On 13 September 1882, an Anglo-Indian force crushed the Egyptian Army at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. The 20th Punjab formed the left forward battalion of the Indian Army contingent's attack. An attack which despite initial gallant resistance, the Egyptians proved incapable of stopping.
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	The 15th Bengal Infantry (Ludhiana Sikhs) in Sudan, Circa 1885. The 15th Bengal Infantry saved the day (22 March 1885) when they, under a larger Anglo Indian force, were attacked by the enemy. The battalion was part of an Anglo-Indian force operating against the Dervish around the Sudanese port of Suakin.
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	28th Bombay NI at Suakin in 1885, armed with the snider (the breech loading conversion of the Enfield). The 28th Bombay NI, though present at Tofrek, formed one of the wings of the square not struck by the Dervish and thus saw only a little fighting in the mopping up action following the main battle.
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	The then-uniform of a Sepoy from the Madras Infantry, 1887.
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	The ruins of the Saragarhi signal post, defended to the last by Havildar Ishar Singh and his 20 men of the 36th Sikhs. Fort Lockhart is on the skyline, left centre. Circa 1887.
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	A Subedar Major, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles, Burma. Circa 1890.
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	Mountain artillery in action in the fabled surroundings of NWFP, 1895.
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	A painting of a Sikh Sepoy on post at Fort Johnson in Nyasaland (South Africa) in 1896. This work of art is an excellent rendition of his kit and his Model 1867, .577 caliber, Snider-Enfield three-band infantry rifle with the Model 1853 bayonet.
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	Risaldar-Major Sayyid Abdul Aziz, 5th Bengal Cavalry. Circa 1897.
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	A veteran officer of 11th Bengal Lancers (Probyns Horse). Circa 1897.
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	Risaldar-Major Gurdath Singh and his orderly. Both men are from the 12th Bengal Cavalry. Circa 1897.
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	Corporals of the 1st Gordon Highlanders and Naiks of the 1/2nd Gurkhas posed atop the Dargai Heights which together with the Dorsets and the 3rd Sikhs on 20 October 1897.
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	Uniforms of the Queen's Own Madras Sappers & Miners, 1897. From left to right: A Subedar and a Sepoy in cold weather review order, a Sepoy in warm weather drill order, and a Havildar-Major in warm weather field order.
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