the east india company had raised armies in each of the presidencies, bombay, bengal and madras. the bombay army consisted of a number of infantry regiments, sapper and miner units and irregular cavalry. a number of these continue to exist today in the indian army; examples being the mahar regiment, maratha light infantry and the grenadiers, amongst others, in the case of infantry, the bombay sappers as engineers and the poona horse amongst the cavalry.