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== TABLE 205g ==

Communal Composition of the Indian Army in 1930**/1/**

Class

Areas

Percentage in Infantry

Percentage in Cavalry

Excluding Gurkhas

Including Gurkhas

1. Punjabi Musalman

Punjab

27

22.6

14.28

2. Gurkhas

Nepal

16.4

3. Sikhs

Punjab

16.24

13.58

23.81

4. Dogras

North Punjab and Kashmir

11.4

9.54

9.53

5. Jats

Rajputana, U. P., Punjab

9.5

7.94

19.06

6. Pathans

N.-W.F. Province

7.57

6.35

4.76

7. Mahrattas

Konkan

6.34

5.33

8. Garhwalis

Garhwal

4.53

3.63

9. U. P. Rajputs

U. P.

3.04

2.54

10. Rajputana Rajputs

Rajputana

2.8

2.35

11. Kumaonis

Kumaon

2.44

2.05

12. Gujars

N.E. Rajputana

1.52

1.28

13. Punjabi Hindus

Punjab

1.52

1.28

14. Ahirs

Do.

1.22

1.024

15. Musalmans, Rajputs, Ranghars

Neighbourhood of Delhi

1.22

1.024

7.14

16. Kaimkhanis

Rajputana

4.76

17. Kachins

Burma

1.22

1.024

18. Chins

Do.

1.22

1.024

19. Karens

Do.

1.22

1.024

20. Dekhani Musalmans

Deccan

4.76

21. Hindustani Musalmans

U. P.

2.38

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/1/ This table shows the percentage of men of each eligible class in the Indian Infantry (82 active and 18 training battations), the Indian Cavalry (21 regiments), and the 20 battalions of the Gurkha infantry. This table does not include the Indian personnel of (a) the 19 ballerics of Indian Mountain Artillery, and (b) 3 regiments of Sappers and Miners, (c) the Indian Signal Corps, and (d) the Corps of Indian Pioneers, all of which are composed of different proportions of the Punjabi Musalmans, Sikhs, Pathans, Hindustani Ilindus and Musalmans, Madrasis of all classes and Hazra Afghans, either in class units or class companies. Except that some units in these arms of the service are composed of the Madrasis and Hazras, now enrolled in other units of the Indian Army, the class composition of these units does not materially alter the proportion of the classes as given in the table. This table does not also include the Indian personnel attached to the British Infantry and Artillery units.


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