A Burmese Short Dha With Its Own Obvious Provenance

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Chris, your additional info on Col. Way is outstanding and most appreciated!!

A pleasure to be able to help Charles, thanks again for sharing your beautiful Dha with us.

Originally Posted by Ian

Chris, thanks for the follow up. Sounds like he was a good "company" man. I understand that the Madras Army was one of the East India Company's Presidential Armies, before these eventually came under the control of the Crown. Is that correct?

Ian.

Quite so Ian,

He would certainly have been educated in the ways of the Company, but when the three Presidency Armies (along with the Presidencies themselves, namely, Bengal, Madras, and Bombay) were handed over to the crown in 1857, he would have adapted to his new post Mutiny conditions accordingly.

They remained as three separate armies until 1895, when they were merged to form a single "Indian Army", although divided into four "commands".

The Madras Army was responsible for Burma, hence Colonel Way's appointment there. I expect he was seen as a steady, experienced pair of hands for such a task.

Kind regards,

Chris