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Sepoy
Knave (Hyder Ali from Mysore) from Court Game of Geography MET DP862917.jpg
Hyder Ali as a Sepoy
Country Mughal Empire
British Raj
India
Pakistan
Branch infantry and artillery
Equipment Rifle

A sepoy was an Indian footsoldier (of whatever religion) in the East India Company army or the British Indian Army. The term comes from the Persian language "Sipahi".

In the modern Indian Army, Pakistan Army, Bangladesh Army and Nepalese Army, it is still used for the rank of private soldier.

Images for kids

  • Sepoy of the Indian Infantry, 1900 (c).

    Sepoy of the Indian Infantry, circa 1900

  • A Mughal Infantryman

    A Mughal sepoy, under the command of Mirza Najaf Khan.

  • Bhavanidas. The Emperor Aurangzeb Carried on a Palanquin ca. 1705–20 Metripolitan Museum of Art.

    The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb leads his final expedition (1705).

  • Madras cavalry

    A painting showing a sowar (cavalry equivalent of sepoy), 6th Madras Light Cavalry of British India. Circa 1845.

  • Awan Sepoy (30th Punjabis)

    An early 20th century sepoy in the British Indian Army


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