The British Raj and Its Indian Armed Forces, 1857-1939

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Pub. Date: 2002-03-28
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Based on original research and primary sources, this valuable collection of essays focuses on the crucial elements of the British military system in India, its organization, and its governing ideologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1(7)
Anirudh Deshpande
Sepoys and the Colonial State: Punjab and the Military Base of the Indian Army 1849--1900
7(38)
Tan Tai Yong
Reviving a `Dead Letter': Military Indianization and the Ideology of Anglo-India 1885--91
45(53)
Chandar S. Sundaram
Logistics and the Construction of Loyalty: The Welfare Mechanism in the Indian Army 1859--1913
98(27)
Kaushik Roy
Sepoys' Links with Society: A Study of the Bengal Army 1858--95
125(54)
Vivien Ashima Kaul
Military Reform in the Aftermath of the Great War: Intentions and Compulsions of British Military Policy 1919--25
179(49)
Anirudh Deshpande
The Debate on Indianization 1918--39
228(43)
Partha Sarathi Gupta
Bibliography 271(16)
Index 287

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