Sepoy

A sepoy (from Persian سپاهی Sip?hi meaning "soldier") was a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, usually of the United Kingdom. Specifically, it was the term used in the British Indian Army for an infantry private (a cavalry trooper was a sowar).

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The same Persian word has reached English via another route in the form of Spahis.

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• Sepoy Mutiny (also Indian Mutiny or First Indian War of Independence)

Persian: Persian can refer to:...

India: The Republic of India is a country in South Asia which comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh...

British Indian Army: :See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post-partition) army of the Republic of India....

Sepoy related Images and Photos (experimental)

A Sepoy: an Indian Soldier in the French Battalion at Pondicherry

Native Troops in the East India Company's Service: a Sergeant and a Private Grenadier Sepoy