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Sepoy
A sepoy () was the designation given to an Indian infantryman armed with a musket in the armies of the Mughal Empire and the British East India Company.
Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- Sepoy
- Military unit.image
- Knave_(Hyder_Ali_from_Mysore)_from_Court_Game_of_Geography_MET_DP862917.jpg
- Military unit.image_size
- 200px
- Military unit.caption
- Hyder Ali as a sepoy
- Military unit.dates
- 16th to 21st centuries
- Military unit.country
- 23px Mughal Empire23px Maratha Empire
- Military unit.branch
- infantry and artillery
- Military unit.equipment
- Musket
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- Image
- Two Seapoy Officers; A Private Seapoy.jpg
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Historical usage
- Equipment
- History
- Mughal Empire 16th–18th centuries
- Sepoys in British service
- Sepoys in French service
- Sepoys in Portuguese service
- Contemporary sepoys
- Other usages
- See also
- References
- External links
A sepoy () was the designation given to an Indian infantryman armed with a musket in the armies of the Mughal Empire and the British East India Company.
In the 18th century, the French East India Company and its European counterparts employed locally recruited soldiers within India, mainly consisting of infantry designated as "sepoys". The largest sepoy force, trained along European lines, served the British East India Company.