Historical Organization
Indian Army
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Organization Timeline
Indian Expeditionary Force arrives on the Western Front
📅 26 September 1914Indian Army units reached France in September 1914 as Britain faced a manpower crisis. Around 1.4 million people from India served in military and support roles across the war, while India also...
Indian troops fight at Neuve Chapelle
📅 10 March 1915The Indian Corps played a major role in the British attack on Neuve Chapelle, one of the first large offensives on the Western Front. Indian soldiers fought in conditions for which the colonial army...
Viceroy Wavell visits famine-stricken Bengal
📅 26 October 1943New Viceroy Archibald Wavell visited Calcutta as famine devastated Bengal. War priorities, colonial procurement and shipping policies, inflation, crop disruption, and unequal access to food...
Deadly clash in Galwan Valley worsens China-India relations
📅 15 June 2020Chinese and Indian troops fought in the Galwan Valley along their disputed Himalayan frontier, causing deaths on both sides. The confrontation exposed the limits of economic interdependence as a...