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		arethuza on April 4, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting to Know Americans That's a surprisingly low number - the Wikipedia page on the Raj gives a count of 125,945 Britains in India in 1861 of which 84,083 were in the Army. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj

FraaJad on April 4, 2011 [–]

thanks for the citation. I had a feeling that 1700 was too low a number.

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