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Indian army recruitment 1939–44

Map of British India with each region colour-coded and labelled

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INDIA

RECRUITING PERCENTAGES

Percentages of total enrolment into the defence services between 1.9.39 – 31.12.44

Punjab 25.5

Madras 18.4

U.P. 13.9

Bengal 6.8

Bombay 5.1

Nepal 5.1

N.W.F.P. 4.1

Bihar 3.4

Travancore 3.0

Jammu & Kashmir 2.5

C.P. & Berar 1.9

Rajputana & C.I. 1.4

Patiala 1.2

Assam 0.8

Hyderabad 0.8

Jaipur 0.7

Cochin 0.7

Orissa 0.6

Mysore 0.5

Jodhpur 0.4

Sind 0.4

Alwar 0.4

Jind 0.3

Delhi 0.3

Nabha 0.3

Kolhapur 0.3

Kapurthala 0.3

Bharatpur 0.2

Bikaner 0.2

Udaipur 0.2

Tehri Carhwal 0.1

Pudukottai 0.1

Baluchistan 0.1