Author : Tarak Barkawi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1107169585
Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War.
Author : Mark Condos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1108418317
A provocative examination of how the British colonial experience in India was shaped by chronic unease, anxiety, and insecurity.
Author : B. N. Majumdar
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Sikhs
ISBN :
Author : Fauja Singh
Publisher :
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 1964
Category : India
ISBN :
Author : Fauja Singh
Publisher :
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 1964
Category : India
ISBN :
Author : Heather Streets
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719069628
This book explores how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs, and Nepalese Gurkhas became identified as the British Empire's fiercest soldiers in nineteenth century discourse. As "martial races" these men were believed to possess a biological or cultural disposition to the racial and masculine qualities necessary for the arts of war. Because of this, they were used as icons to promote recruitment in British and Indian armies--a phenomenon with important social and political effects in India, in Britain, and in the armies of the Empire.
Author : Ian Heath
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,71 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781841767772
The beginning of the 19th century saw the rise of a remarkable Sikh leader in the Punjab province of north-west India. Unifying the feudal rulers under his authority, the conquering Maharaja Ranjit Singh pursued campaigns of expansion for nearly 40 years, creating for the purpose a new regular army on the Western model. His death in 1839 found the frontiers of Sikh and British power in confrontation; in the 1840s the inevitable trial of strength brought British crown and East India Company troops into battle against the most formidable Indian army they ever faced. Its story is told here in fascinating detail, illustrated with rare early paintings and with colourful reconstructions of Punjabi regular soldiers and feudal warriors.
Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1317321286
Roy investigates the various factors that influenced the formation and mobilization of military forces in the region from 300 BC to the modern day.
Author : Eleanor M. Nesbitt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198745575
An accessible introduction to the world's fifth largest religion, this work presents Sikhism's meanings and myths, and its practices, rituals, and festivals, also addressing ongoing social issues such as the relationship with the Indian state, the diaspora, and caste.
Author : Mohindra S Chowdhry
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1789010985
Defence of Europe by Sikh Soldiers in the World Wars is a fascinating history of the much-forgotten Sikh contribution to the two World Wars. Containing much new research and modern ideas, the book explores how an alliance with Britain enabled Sikhism to spread across the globe and Sikhs to step forward as global partners.
