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Reading about the British East India Company's conquest of India, it seems that the Company's major advantage wasn't technological but in using drilled (native or foreign) infantry. But where did Britain adopt drilled infantry tactics from and why hadn't native Indian kingdoms developed drill?

by /u/jurble in /r/AskHistorians

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