Changes in the Composition of the Indian Infantry:
Percentage of men from different Parts
| Year | North-West India | North-East India,
U. P., Bihar |
South India | Burma | |
| Punjab, N.-W.F., Kashmir | Nepal, Garhwal, Kumaon | ||||
| 1856 | Less than 10 | Negligible | Not less than 90 | -- | Nil |
| 1858 | 47 | 6 | 47 | -- | Nil |
| 1883 | 48 | 17 | 35 | -- | Nil |
| 1893 | 53 | 24 | 23 | -- | Nil |
| 1905 | 47 | 15 | 22 | 16 | Nil |
| 1919 | 46 | 14.8 | 25.5 | 12 | 1.7 |
| 1930 | 58.5 | 22 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 3 |