The first step toward Indian self-rule was the appointment of councillors to advise the <answer>British</answer> viceroy in 1861 and the first Indian was appointed in 1909. Provincial Councils with Indian members were also set up. The councillors' participation was subsequently widened into legislative councils. The <answer>British</answer> built a large <answer>British</answer> Indian Army, with the senior officers all <answer>British</answer> and many of the troops from small minority groups such as Gurkhas from Nepal and Sikhs. The civil service was increasingly filled with natives at the lower levels, with the <answer>British</answer> holding the more senior positions.
Of what nationality were the officers in the Indian Army?
British