woodybrighton, which Indian Enfields are you referring to? Most of the Ishapores on the market are based on the No1, no the No4. I'm sure there are No4s in India and Pakistan, but you're more likely to see an Indian No1 chambered in 7.62NATO, .303British, or .410 than you are to see an Indian No4. There are a handful of Pakistani No4s floating around, though.
Many of the Indian Enfields have seen police/riot duty. Especially the ones chambered for .303British and the single shot .303 and .410 conversions. Of course the .410 single shot models were riot guns not made with long range in mind, but the original reason behind the creation of the single shot .303 models was not to limit range or rate of fire for police. The single shot Enfield conversions in India originally took place when India was still under British rule, and the British didn't trust all of their Indian native forces with 10 shot SMLE repeaters.
Indian production of .303 No1 rifles actually continued after they created the 2A in 7.62, probably because there were still large stores of .303 ammo available in India. This means that the .303 Enfields in India have been a mix of leftover rifles from parts of the British Empire, No1s produced at Ishapore under British rule, and No1s produced at Ishapore under independent Indian rule. While not all of the .303 Enfields in India were built with front line military service in mind, they were all built at armories that produced Enfields on machining tools that were designed to produce Enfields for military service. They are not like Khyber pass copies of Enfields made in caves somewhere.
The 7.62 Ishapore 2A rifles were almost certainly meant for military service. The Indians needed large numbers of reliable rifles chambered in a modern NATO cartridge, so they took the rifle they already had the capability to produce in large quantities and made minor modifications to it. Ishapore 2A rifles saw military duty in the border conflicts with China and Pakistan.
