The term sepoy came into use in the forces of the British East India Company in the eighteenth century, where it was one of many, such as peons, gentoos, mestees and topasses used for various categories of native soldiers. Initially it referred to Hindu or Muslim soldiers without regular uniform or discipline. It later generically referred to all native soldiers in the service of the European powers in India. Close to ninety-six percent of the British East India Company's army of 300,000 men were native to India and these sepoys played a crucial role in securing the subcontinent for the company.
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Kolhapur ... Sepoy Pandurang Salunkhe decided to eliminate this threat ... It enabled the Marathas to recapture Burj and paved the way for the success of the 96 InfantryBrigade,' reads the citation in honour of the sacrifice by Sepoy Salunkhe. .
Four days after a Chandigarh Police constable was found dead insider her locked car in Mansa DeviComplex, Panchkula, on Tuesday, police have arrested her husband, a sepoy in the army, for murdering her.
Mohali police have booked a 30-year-old Indian Army sepoy for duping a naik posted with army of ₹19 lakh on pretext of conducting online investments ... (HT Photo) ... See More ...Army sepoy booked for duping naik of ₹19 lakh. See Less ....