With the rising the irregular regiments in the Punjab, commenced the Indian Army of to-day. When a year or so after the mutiny, the proclamation transferring India to the crown was read before the large force the garrisoning Peshawar, it is on record that on the left of a long line troops, clad in loose Khaki clothing that is now so familiar stood a corps that a twelve month had made as extinction upper India as dodo. The book throws very light on the entire glorious history of Indian Military since ancient period vividly.
