Question
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Company’s army.
Solution
The changes that occurred in the composition of the Company’s army are described below:
(i) The Company began recruitment for its own army, which came to be known as the sepoy army.
(ii) As the warfare technology changed from the 1820s, the cavalry recuritments of the Company’s army declined.
(iii) The soldiers of the Company's army had to keep pace with changing military requirements and its infantry regiments now became more important.
(iv) In the early 19th century the Birtish began to develop a uniform military culture.
(v)Soldiers were increasingly subjected to European style training, drill and discipline that regulated their life for more than before.
