num_pages: 340
description: Alavi examines the factors used by the British when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army in the period 1770-1830. These factors, such as knship groups, diet, and caste as well as financial incentives offered by pension schemes and invalid pay, provided a loyal high-status armyfor the emerging colonial authority.
language: English
title: The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830
titlecomplete: The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830
genres: India, History
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Oxford University Press