Punjab Province (British India) regiments were raised from the Punjab which remained loyal to the East India Company throughout the crisis in the Punjab and United Provinces. By June 1858, of the 80,000 native troops in the Bengal Army, 75,000 were Punjabi of which 23,000 were Sikh. In the aftermath of the rebellion, a thorough re-organisation of the army took place. Henceforth recruitment into the British Indian Army was restricted to loyal peoples and provinces. Punjabi Sikhs emerged as a particularly favoured martial race to serve the army. In the midst of The Great Game, and fearful of a Russian invasion of British India,
United India Colony Fatima Church (Catholic) and CSI Church of the Risen Redeemer (Protestant). There is a famous Vinayagar temple in this locality. Majority of the residents in United India Colony are Tamil Hindus. The colony is highly cosmopolitan. A good number of Telugu, Malayalam and Marwari speakers are also present here. With two major churches and two big Christian schools, the colony is also home to a good number of Christians. Both Diwali and Christmas are celebrated with the same fervour here. The pincode for United India Colony is 600024. United India Colony United India Colony is a sub-division of Kodambakkam, Chennai,