Governor’s body guard (jemidar).
lithograph, coloured, print
Accession Number
NAM.1964-04-6-1
Description
Governor’s body guard (jemidar), 1808. Coloured lithograph drawn and coloured by Wm Hunsley, nd. No 6 in the series ‘Costumes of the Madras Army’. Published by William Porter, 1841. The Bodyguard was formed in 1778 at Fort George, Madras. Like its counterparts of the Governor of Bombay’s Bodyguard and the Governor General's Bodyguard, the Madras force was an Indian equivalent of Britain’s Household Cavalry.