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	The '''Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery''', generally known as the '''Royal Indian Artillery''' (RIA), was an operational corps of the [[British Indian Army]]. The East India Company raised the first regular company of Artillery in 1748, with a small percentage of Indian Gunners called Gun Lashkars, Tindals and Serangs. A few Indian Mountain Batteries, officered by the British, were raised in the 19th century and formed part of the Royal Artillery.<ref>[http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306171236/http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF \|date=March 6, 2009 }}</ref> Royal Indian Artillery (RIA) of [[British India Army]], was raised on September 28, 1827, as a part of the [[Bombay Army]], a [[Presidency armies\|presidency army]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. It was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery, and involved in [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842). The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] was sparked off in [[Meerut]] on 10 May 1857, primarily by native artillery of [[Bengal Army]], following which all Indian artillery units were banned except mountain artillery batteries,<ref name=glo>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/artillery.htm Regiment of Artillery] ''[[Global Security]]''.</ref> though for his service during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]], Major [[Richard Harte Keatinge\|Richard Keatinge]] of Bombay Artillery, was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1858.		The '''Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery''', generally known as the '''Royal Indian Artillery''' (RIA), was an operational corps of the [[British Indian Army]]. The East India Company raised the first regular company of Artillery in 1748, with a small percentage of Indian Gunners called Gun Lashkars, Tindals and Serangs. A few Indian Mountain Batteries, officered by the British, were raised in the 19th century and formed part of the Royal Artillery.<ref>[http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306171236/http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF \|date=March 6, 2009 }}</ref> Royal Indian Artillery (RIA) of [[British India Army]], was raised on September 28, 1827, as a part of the [[Bombay Army]], a [[Presidency armies\|presidency army]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. It was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery, and involved in [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842). The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] was sparked off in [[Meerut]] on 10 May 1857, primarily by native artillery of [[Bengal Army]], following which all Indian artillery units were banned except mountain artillery batteries,<ref name=glo>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/artillery.htm Regiment of Artillery] ''[[Global Security]]''.</ref> though for his service during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]], Major [[Richard Harte Keatinge\|Richard Keatinge]] of Bombay Artillery, was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1858.

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	The '''Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery''', generally known as the '''Royal Indian Artillery''' (RIA), was an ~~administrative~~ corps of the [[British Indian Army]]. The East India Company raised the first regular company of Artillery in 1748, with a small percentage of Indian Gunners called Gun Lashkars, Tindals and Serangs. A few Indian Mountain Batteries, officered by the British, were raised in the 19th century and formed part of the Royal Artillery.<ref>[http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306171236/http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF \|date=March 6, 2009 }}</ref> Royal Indian Artillery (RIA) of [[British India Army]], was raised on September 28, 1827, as a part of the [[Bombay Army]], a [[Presidency armies\|presidency army]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. It was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery, and involved in [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842). The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] was sparked off in [[Meerut]] on 10 May 1857, primarily by native artillery of [[Bengal Army]], following which all Indian artillery units were banned except mountain artillery batteries,<ref name=glo>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/artillery.htm Regiment of Artillery] ''[[Global Security]]''.</ref> though for his service during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]], Major [[Richard Harte Keatinge\|Richard Keatinge]] of Bombay Artillery, was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1858.		The '''Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery''', generally known as the '''Royal Indian Artillery''' (RIA), was an operational corps of the [[British Indian Army]]. The East India Company raised the first regular company of Artillery in 1748, with a small percentage of Indian Gunners called Gun Lashkars, Tindals and Serangs. A few Indian Mountain Batteries, officered by the British, were raised in the 19th century and formed part of the Royal Artillery.<ref>[http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306171236/http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF \|date=March 6, 2009 }}</ref> Royal Indian Artillery (RIA) of [[British India Army]], was raised on September 28, 1827, as a part of the [[Bombay Army]], a [[Presidency armies\|presidency army]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. It was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery, and involved in [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842). The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] was sparked off in [[Meerut]] on 10 May 1857, primarily by native artillery of [[Bengal Army]], following which all Indian artillery units were banned except mountain artillery batteries,<ref name=glo>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/artillery.htm Regiment of Artillery] ''[[Global Security]]''.</ref> though for his service during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian Rebellion]], Major [[Richard Harte Keatinge\|Richard Keatinge]] of Bombay Artillery, was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1858.

	The RIA saw extensive service in the [[World War I\|First World War]], in [[East Africa]], [[Battle of Gallipoli\|Gallipoli]], [[Mesopotamia Campaign\|Mesopotamia]] and [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign\|Palestine]].		The RIA saw extensive service in the [[World War I\|First World War]], in [[East Africa]], [[Battle of Gallipoli\|Gallipoli]], [[Mesopotamia Campaign\|Mesopotamia]] and [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign\|Palestine]].

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The '''Royal Regiment of Indian Artillery''', generally known as the '''Royal Indian Artillery''' (RIA), was an administrative corps of the [[British Indian Army]]. The East India Company raised the first regular company of Artillery in 1748, with a small percentage of Indian Gunners called Gun Lashkars, Tindals and Serangs. A few Indian Mountain Batteries, officered by the British, were raised in the 19th century and formed part of the Royal Artillery.<ref>[http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306171236/http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/hist_of_arty.PDF |date=March 6, 2009 }}</ref> Royal Indian Artillery (RIA) of [[British India Army]], was raised on September 28, 1827, as a part of the [[Bombay Army]], a [[Presidency armies|presidency army]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]]. It was later renamed as 5 Bombay Mountain Battery, and involved in [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] (1839–1842). The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] was sparked off in [[Meerut]] on 10 May 1857, primarily by native artillery of [[Bengal Army]], following which all Indian artillery units were banned except mountain artillery batteries,<ref name=glo>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/artillery.htm Regiment of Artillery] ''[[Global Security]]''.</ref> though for his service during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]], Major [[Richard Harte Keatinge|Richard Keatinge]] of Bombay Artillery, was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1858.

The RIA saw extensive service in the [[World War I|First World War]], in [[East Africa]], [[Battle of Gallipoli|Gallipoli]], [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]] and [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign|Palestine]].

3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Indian Artillery, now [[8 Field Regiment (India)]] served with the [[34th Infantry Division (India)|34th Indian Division]] as part of the Ceylon garrison.

The Royal title was conferred upon the regiment in 1945. The [[partition of India]] in 1947 resulted in the RIA being divided between the newly formed artillery regiments of [[India]] ([[Regiment of Artillery]]) and [[Pakistan]].

The most celebrated member of the RIA was [[Umrao Singh|Umrao Singh Yadav]], who was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in [[World War II]].

==See also==
* [[Royal Artillery]]

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080923041933/http://indianarmy.nic.in/arms/index_arty.htm History Regiment Artillery - Indian Army]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060113054316/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/art-eng-sig/arty-br.htm Regiments.org]

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