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New interpretations of the Indian army of the Raj.
Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1441177302
New interpretations of the Indian army of the Raj.
Author : T. A. Heathcote
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1783830646
T.A. Heathcotes study of the conflicts that established British rule in South Asia, and of the militarys position in the constitution of British India, is a classic work in the field. By placing these conflicts clearly in their local context, his account moves away from the Euro-centric approach of many writers on British imperial military history. It provides a greater understanding not only of the history of the British Indian Army but also of the Indian experience, which had such a formative an effect on the British Army itself. This new edition has been fully revised and given appropriate illustrations.
Author : T. A. Heathcote
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Kate Imy
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1503610756
During the first four decades of the twentieth century, the British Indian Army possessed an illusion of racial and religious inclusivity. The army recruited diverse soldiers, known as the "Martial Races," including British Christians, Hindustani Muslims, Punjabi Sikhs, Hindu Rajputs, Pathans from northwestern India, and "Gurkhas" from Nepal. As anti-colonial activism intensified, military officials incorporated some soldiers' religious traditions into the army to keep them disciplined and loyal. They facilitated acts such as the fast of Ramadan for Muslim soldiers and allowed religious swords among Sikhs to recruit men from communities where anti-colonial sentiment grew stronger. Consequently, Indian nationalists and anti-colonial activists charged the army with fomenting racial and religious divisions. In Faithful Fighters, Kate Imy explores how military culture created unintended dialogues between soldiers and civilians, including Hindu nationalists, Sikh revivalists, and pan-Islamic activists. By the 1920s and '30s, the army constructed military schools and academies to isolate soldiers from anti-colonial activism. While this carefully managed military segregation crumbled under the pressure of the Second World War, Imy argues that the army militarized racial and religious difference, creating lasting legacies for the violent partition and independence of India, and the endemic warfare and violence of the post-colonial world.
Author : Pradeep Barua
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 34,57 MB
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1498552218
The Indian Army was one of the most important colonial institutions that the British created. From its humble origins as a mercantile police force to a modern contemporary army in the Second World War, this institution underwent many transitions. This book examines the Indian Army during the later colonial era from the First Afghan War in 1839 to Indian independence in 1947. During this period, the Indian Army developed from an internal policing force, to a frontier army, and then to a conventional western style fighting force capable of deployment to overseas’ theaters. These transitions resulted in significant structural and doctrinal changes in the army. The doctrines, and tactics honed during this period would have a dramatic impact upon the post-colonial armies of India and Pakistan. From civil-military relations to fighting and structural doctrines, the Indian and Pakistani armies closely reflect the deep-seated impact of decades of evolution during the late colonial era.
Author : Baudouin Ourari
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2019-07-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781911628958
A short history of each regiment, including 22 Cavalry, 21 Infantry & 10 Gurkhas Regiments.
Author : Harbans Singh Bhatia
Publisher : New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 1977
Category : British
ISBN :
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747805502
This book provides a glimpse into the complex, multi-layered and evolving institution and offers an introduction to the uniforms, arms and services of the Indian Army at the height of the Raj.
Author : David Omissi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 36,47 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1349147680
This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twenty years, and the only one based on extensive archival research. The Indian Army conquered India for the British, and protected the Raj against its enemies within and without. In this evocative and compassionate work, David Omissi examines the origins, motives and protests of the several million Indian peasant- soldiers who served the colonial power.
Author : Daniel Marston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0521899753
A unique examination of the role of the Indian army in post-World War II India in the run-up to Partition. Daniel Marston draws upon extensive archival research and interviews with veterans of the events of 1947 to provide fresh insight into the final days of the British Raj.