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Sepoy - Wikipedia The term sepoy came into common use in the forces of the British East India Company in the eighteenth century, where it was one of a number of names, such as peons, gentoos, mestees and topasses, used for various categories of native soldier
Sepoy - World History Encyclopedia The term sepoy derives from a corruption of the Persian term sipahi, illustrating that it was the armies of the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1857) in India who first used these locally-recruited troops as musket-armed infantry
Sepoy | Military Wiki | Fandom A Sipahi or a sepoy was an infantryman in both the Mughal Empire and the Kingdom of Mysore The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (reigned 1658-1707) raised battalions of sepoys variously armed with matchlocks, rockets, and grenades
Why Did the Sepoys Rebel in 1857? - ThoughtCo In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, soldiers (known as sepoys) had to bite into the paper and tear it with their teeth Rumors began to spread in 1856 that the grease on the cartridges was made from a mixture of beef tallow and pork lard
The Sepoy Rebellion - Digital Inquiry Group In May 1857, a group of Indian soldiers in the British East India Company’s army led a mutiny in the state of Uttar Pradesh The mutiny soon escalated into an uprising of sepoys and Indian civilians throughout northern India
Sepoy A sepoy was an Indian infantryman, typically armed with a musket, who served in the armies of the Mughal Empire and later European trading companies in the Indian subcontinent, with the term derived from the Persian sipāhī meaning "soldier " Originating as regular troops in Mughal service, sepoys transitioned to roles under Portuguese, Dutch, French, and especially British forces, where they
Sepoys - National Library Board Sepoys were Indian soldiers employed within European military garrisons to provide the much-needed manpower for the defence of European colonies in Asia The term “sepoy” is derived from the Persian word sipahi, which had been translated into the Urdu and Hindi languages as a generic term for soldier