India General Service Medal
Introduction
The **India General Service Medal** can refer to any one of five medals, each issued by the British government as [campaign medals](/wiki/Campaign_medal "Campaign medal") for military service in [India](/wiki/India "India"), over the course of around 130 years:
* [Army of India Medal](/wiki/Army_of_India_Medal "Army of India Medal") (1803–1826\)
* [India General Service Medal (1854–95\)](/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_%281854%29 "India General Service Medal (1854)")
* [India Medal](/wiki/India_Medal "India Medal") (1895–1902\)
* [India General Service Medal (1908–1935\)](/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_%281909%29 "India General Service Medal (1909)")
* [India General Service Medal (1936–39\)](/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_%281936%29 "India General Service Medal (1936)")

With the outbreak of [the Second World War](/wiki/World_War_II "World War II") and Indian independence in 1947, no further medals in this series were issued.


When did Indian independence occur?