havildar

As nouns the difference between sepoy and havildar

is that sepoy is a native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a European colonial power, notably the British India army (first under the British-chartered East India Company, later in the crown colony), but also France and Portugal while havildar is a type of soldier in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.

As nouns the difference between havildar and subedar

is that havildar is a type of soldier in parts of india, later a specific military rank of the british indian army and of the modern armies of india and pakistan, equivalent to sergeant while subedar is .