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British Regiments in India 1857-58
v.1.0 March 24, 2002 Ravi Rikhye This is an incomplete list. Some of these regiments were reinforcements sent after the 1857 Mutiny began. The East India Company had a three-tier system for its land forces. The majority of regiments were recruited by the East India Company from the local population, each with a couple of British officers. The EIC also had Indian regiments that were manned by whites. Last, the regular British Army stationed its regiments in India. Though India was not yet the "Jewel in the Crown", the Empire’s most valuable asset needed all the protection it was possible to provide. The British Government also wanted to ensure a firm control over the Company. This was not a case of a government protecting trade. London kept tightening its control over the EIC, till the latter became the commercial face of the British Government in India. This process came to its logical end whenLondon cancelled the EIC’s historic charter and seized direct control of India after the Mutiny erupted. 2nd Dragoon Guards 6th Dragoon Guards 7th Hussars 8th Hussars 9th Lancers 14th Light Dragoons 1/5th Foot 1/8th Foot 1/10th Foot 1/13th Foot 18th Foot 32nd Foot 34th Foot 35th Foot 37th Foot 42nd Foot 43rd Foot 52nd Foot 53rd Foot 1/60th Foot 61st Foot 64th Foot 68th Foot 71st Foot 75th Foot 78th Foot 81st Foot 83rd Foot 84th Foot 86th Foot 87th Foot 88th Foot 90th Foot 93rd Foot 95th Foot 97th Foot 2nd Rifle Brigade
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