sepoys
Colonial Indian troops
Sepoys were Indian soldiers serving under European, especially British, military command during the colonial period.
The term is most associated with the armies of the British East India Company: The sepoys drilled in the courtyard.
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was a major uprising against British rule in India.
The word comes from Persian for soldier.
Military personnel who fight
- infantrymenGround combat soldiers
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- battalionMid-sized military unit
garrison · ranks · barracks · drill · musket · uniform · enlistment · deployment
Revolt against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- greasedCoated in lubricant
Delhi · resistance · Lucknow · defiance · insurrection · martyrs · independence · freedom fighters
Of the United Kingdom
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- RajIndian name meaning sovereign
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- subjugationForcing into submission
empire · administration · officers · sahib · cantonment · hierarchy · exploitation · native troops
soldiers
Military personnel who fight
- infantrymenGround combat soldiers
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- regimentColonel-led military unit
battalion · garrison · ranks · barracks · drill · musket · uniform · enlistment · deployment · march
mutiny
Revolt against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
greased · Delhi · resistance · Lucknow · defiance · insurrection · martyrs · independence · freedom fighters · execution
British
Of the United Kingdom
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- RajIndian name meaning sovereign
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
subjugation · empire · administration · officers · sahib · cantonment · hierarchy · exploitation · native troops · mercenary
Indian
Person from either continent
religion · ritual · customs · traditions · loyalty · honor · dharma · sacrifice · family · village
- historical warfaremusket, bayonet, cannon, flintlock, cavalry
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- auxiliary forcesauxiliaries, support units, colonial troops, native troops, mercenaries
- British RajBritish Raj, British India, East India Company, viceroys, governors
- colonial militaryredcoats, militia, minutemen, Continental Army, musket
- Bengal HistoryBengal Renaissance, colonial rule, Calcutta, Kolkata, Dhaka
sepoysBritish regulars
Professional soldiers from England
redcoats · sahibs · British officers · British troops · commanding officers
sepoysfreedom fighters
Armed opponents of oppression
rebels · mutineers · insurgents · resistance fighters · nationalists