Abstract In recent years, there has been a proliferation of research on the history of the colonial armies in South Asia in general and the Madras Presidency in particular. This has been further accentuated with the emergence of the new military history that explicates the social composition and the diverse recruitment procedures of the Madras Army, hitherto unexplored under the East India Company around the first half of the nineteenth century in India. In fact, the very concept of raising an army battalion in the subcontinent underwent change to meet the potential challenges of the other European authorities, which existed during that time. The very composition of the Madras Army and its diverse recruiting policies made the presidency army capable of handling the emerging threat and maintaining the trading interests in the subcontinent of the East India Company. The Madras Army looked upon the epitome of disciplined military tradition since its inception. This article argues how the social composition and recruiting procedures came to be conglomerated to form a distinct military establishment in south India under the company rule.

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探索马德拉斯军队的社会构成和招募程序的动态，1807-61

摘要 近年来，关于南亚殖民军队历史的研究激增，尤其是马德拉斯总统任期。随着新军事史的出现进一步强调了这一点，该史解释了马德拉斯军队的社会构成和多样化的招募程序，而在 19 世纪上半叶左右，印度在东印度公司的领导下迄今尚未对其进行探索。事实上，在次大陆建立军队营的概念发生了变化，以应对当时存在的其他欧洲当局的潜在挑战。马德拉斯军队的组成及其多样化的招募政策使总统军队能够应对新出现的威胁并维护东印度公司次大陆的贸易利益。自成立以来，马德拉斯军队就看到了纪律严明的军事传统的缩影。本文讨论了社会构成和招募程序如何在公司统治下在印度南部形成一个独特的军事机构。