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This historical record presents a detailed account of the East India Company’s first Madras European regiment, documenting its establishment, organizational structure, and operational history. The work serves as an important primary source for understanding the military institutions that supported British colonial expansion in India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The regiment played a crucial role in maintaining East India Company authority and protecting commercial interests across the Madras Presidency. Through meticulous documentation, the author chronicles the regiment’s formation, personnel records, campaigns, and administrative developments. This comprehensive record offers scholars and history enthusiasts valuable insights into colonial military organization, recruitment practices, and the intersection of commercial and military power during the British Raj.
Essential for historians studying the East India Company, colonial India, and British military history, this volume provides authentic documentation of institutional growth and operational procedures that shaped colonial governance.
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