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22/05/2021 12:45 pm
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Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Company’s army.
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22/05/2021 12:46 pm
- East India Company adopted its own method when it began recruitment for the army.
- It was known as the sepoy army (from the Indian word sipahi, meaning soldier).
- With the change in warfare technology from the 1820s, the cavalry needs of the Company’s army declined, because the British empire was fighting in Burma, Afghanistan, and Egypt. There the soldiers were armed with muskets and matchlocks
- The soldiers had to keep pace with changing military requirements.
- Its infantry regiments now became more important.
- In the early 19th century the British began to develop a uniform military culture.
- Soldiers were given European-style training drills and discipline.
- They regulated their life far more than before.
- Often this created problems since caste and community feelings were ignored in building a force of professional soldiers.