HC Deb 14 December 1938 vol 342 c2009W
Sir A. Knox

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what was the strength of the Army in India on 1st December, or last convenient date; and what was the strength on the corresponding date in 1936?

Colonel Llewellin

The strength of the Army in India on 1st April, 1938, was 196,302 officers and men (excluding Burma), and on 1st April, 1936, was 206,773 officers and men (including Burma).