Indian Territorial Force
# Indian Territorial Force

The Indian Territorial Force (ITF) was a part-time, paid volunteer military organisation within the British Indian Army, with recruits from British India. Its units were made up of European officers and Indian other ranks. It was formed in 1920, along with the Auxiliary Force, India (AFI), replacing the Indian Defence Force (IDF).

## History

The ITF was created by the Indian Territorial Force Act 1920 to replace the Indian section of the Indian Defence Force. It was an all-volunteer force modelled after the British Territorial Army. The European parallel to the ITF was the Auxiliary Force (India).

After Indian independence, it was succeeded by the Territorial Army in 1949.

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Indian Auxiliary Forces: A Territorial Scheme", The Times, 1 October 1920
