Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Indiya, kamar yadda ake kiran sojojin Indiya a ƙarƙashin mulkin Burtaniya kafin 1947, sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hana ci gaban Masarautar Japan zuwa Kudancin Asiya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Hakanan ya taka rawar gani a cikin 'yancin Bangladesh
a shekara ta 1971. A yau, rundunar sojojin Indiya ita ce babbar rundunar soji a duniya ta yawan jami'an soji.