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Fyzabad Brigade
The 8th (Lucknow) Division was a formation of the British Indian Army's Northern Army that was first formed as a result of the British Indian Army#Kitchener reforms, Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army in 1903. The Division remained in British Raj, India on internal security duties during World War I, though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt. Division formation in 1914 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade :''Commander: Major General Cookson'' *1st King's Dragoon Guards *16th Cavalry *36th Jacob's Horse *39th Central India Horse 22nd (Lucknow) Brigade :''Commander: Major General Alexander Wilson (British Army officer), A. Wilson'' *3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers *1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers *17th Infantry (The Loyal Regiment) *36th Sikhs *74th Punjabis *U Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
