The East India Company raised the first regular company of Artillery in 1748, with a small percentage of Indian Gunners called Gun Lashkars, Tindals and Serangs.
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Often native bosses known as " serangs " ( who headed the engine and deck crews ) as well as " tindals " who often assisted serangs were the only men able to communicate directly with the captain and were the men who often spoke for the lascars.
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Often native bosses known as " serangs " ( who headed the engine and deck crews ) as well as " tindals " who often assisted serangs were the only men able to communicate directly with the captain and were the men who often spoke for the lascars.