Before the Crown took over India, the East India Company's armies were the real power behind the throne. This episode zooms in on the Bombay Army — the smallest of the three presidency armies, yet the one that shaped Britain's west coast and set the stage for the great rebellion of 1857. We trace its origins from the early days of Bombay Castle, through its sepoy regiments and European officers, to the shocking mutiny of the 2nd Grenadiers in 1824. That mutiny, sparked by rumours of caste-breaking cartridges, was a warning Britain ignored. We meet figures like Sir John Malcolm and the sepoy hero Dewan Rao, and we see how the Company's reliance on Indian soldiers created a system ripe for explosion. By the time the 1857 uprising broke out, the Bombay Army remained mostly loyal, but the questions it raised about trust, identity, and empire would echo for generations. This is the story of the soldiers who held the empire together — and the cracks that would bring it down.
Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör
Fexingo. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Fexingo och inte av,
eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.
