Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Nat
Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Nat

Author: F.G. Cardew

Publisher:

Published: 2005-05-01

Total Pages: 581

ISBN-13: 9781845741860

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Historians still debate the causes of the Indian Mutiny. This history, drawn from a formidible array of sources, should add ammunition to the controversy. It covers the whole history of the force that rebelled in 1857 - the Bengal Army- from the raising of the first prototype units by the East India Company in the 17th century, down to the height of the British Raj in the 1890s, and includes many half forgotten campaigns and actions. It was compiled as a continuous narrative by a serving officer in the Indian Army, Lieut. F. G. Cardew, before being revised and edited in the Military department of the Government of India by Mr. G. W. de Rhe-Phlipe. The book is particularly valuable as a source for the Bengal Artillery. Provides much valuable background information on the organization of and disaffection in the Bengal Army. Includes an index, a glossary of Indian terms and words, and a Chronology of Indian army corps.

Manipur Mischief
Manipur Mischief

Author: William Wright

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1445671840

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In 1891 the hill state and principality of Manipur erupted in violence. Military bungling, bloody rebellion - and a scandal that reached as far as Queen Victoria.

Britain and Tibet 1765-1947
Britain and Tibet 1765-1947

Author: Julie G. Marshall

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9780415336475

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This bibliography is a record of British relations with Tibet in the period 1765 to 1947. As such it also involves British relations with Russia and China, and with the Himalayan states of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti, Kumaon and Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, in so far as British policy towards these states was affected by her desire to establish relations with Tibet. It also covers a subject of some importance in contemporary diplomacy. It was the legacy of unresolved problems concerning Tibet and its borders, bequeathed to India by Britain in 1947, which led to border disputes and ultimately to war between India and China in 1962. These borders are still in dispute today. It also provides background information to Tibet's claims to independence, an issue of current importance. The work is divided into a number of sections and subsections, based on chronology, geography and events. The introductions to each of the sections provide a condensed and informative history of the period and place the books and article in their historical context. Most entries are also annotated. This work is therefore both a history and a bibliography of the subject, and provides a rapid entry into a complex area for scholars in the fields of international relations and military history as well as Asian history.