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(Light) Cavalry (Jemadar), Madras Army, 1841

One of 15 coloured lithographs, drawn and coloured by William Hunsley. No. 10 in the series 'Costumes of the Madras Army', printed by William Porter.

A jemadar was the Indian rank equivalent to a British second-lieutenant. In 1841 there were eight regiments of light cavalry on the strength in the East India Company's Madras Army.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1960-12-40-14

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1960-12-40-14