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circa 1800: The Madras Army, and troops under the Government of India. Front row, left to right: Governor of Madras' bodyguard; Queen's Own Madras sapper in field uniform; Queen's Own Madras officer, review order; Madras pioneer; Sowar bodyguard of the Governor of Madras; Central India horse, Russuldar, (Sikh); No 4 battery Hyderabad contingent, drill order; 1st infantry Hyderabad contingent, subadar major; Central India horse, trooper in field service kit; 1st Hyderabad contingent, cavalry, jemadar. Back row, left to right: 1st Madras lancers; Camel orderly, 3rd cavalry, Hyderabad contingent; 2nd cavalry, Hyderabad contingent. Supplement to The Graphic (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)