The British-Indian Army 1860-1914

The British-Indian Army 1860-1914

Author: Peter Duckers

Publisher: Shire Publications

Published: 2008-03-04

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780747805502

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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.


Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914

Indian Infantry Regiments 1860–1914

Author: Michael Barthorp

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Published: 1979-07-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780850453072

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The Indian Army underwent significant changes in command, organization and composition from the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59, to the outbreak of World War I. Prior to the Mutiny, the government of British India was exercised by the East India Company, who divided the country into three Presidencies, each with its own army under its own commander-in-chief. When Lord Kitchener was appointed Commander-in-Chief India in 1902, he undertook a major reorganization of the entire army. This book examines the infantry regiments of the Indian Army, at a time when it saw extensive action in campaigns throughout China, Egypt, the Sudan, Burma and Tibet.


The Sepoy and the Raj

The Sepoy and the Raj

Author: David Omissi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1349147680

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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.


The Insecurity State

The Insecurity State

Author: Mark Condos

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1108418317

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A provocative examination of how the British colonial experience in India was shaped by chronic unease, anxiety, and insecurity.


Indian Army in the First World War

Indian Army in the First World War

Author: Alan Jeffreys

Publisher: Helion and Company

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1804516139

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The book addresses the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. It is an academic reassessment of the army by both established and early career scholars of the Indian Army, as well as naval historians. It looks at the historiography of the army - taking into account the recent work on the army (particularly on the Western Front in 1914-1915). The edited volume covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army on the Western Front, in Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defence of the Suez Canal; however, there are also chapters on combined operations; Indian prisoners of war in Germany and Turkey; the expansion of the officer corps; and the Sikh experience, as well as the mobilisation of the equine army at the beginning of the war and the demobilisation of the army in the period from 1918 until 1923. Three additional chapters are related to the theme, such as the role of the Royal Indian Marine; the Territorial Army in India; and Churchill’s portrayal of the Indian Army during the Gallipoli campaign in his account The World Crisis.


Impact of the South African War

Impact of the South African War

Author: D. Omissi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-01-20

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0230598293

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This exciting new book marks a major shift in the study of the South African War. It turns attention from the war's much debated causes onto its more neglected consequences. An international team of scholars explores the myriad legacies of the war - for South Africa, for Britain, for the Empire and beyond. The extensive introduction sets the contributions in context, and the elegant afterword offers thought-provoking reflections on their cumulative significance.