Armies of the Raj: From the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947With a profusion of anecdotes conveying the character of India under British rule. Farwell offers a panoramic survey of the Indian army during the 90 years between the Sepoy Revolt and the births of independent India and Pakistan ... |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 11 |
The Great Indian Army | 25 |
Sepoys and officers of various Indian Army | 33 |
CHAPTER 2 | 43 |
A soldiers life on board a troopship in 1880 | 49 |
CHAPTER 3 | 57 |
The home of the Surveyor General of Madras | 58 |
CHAPTER 4 | 65 |
Sepoy and Sowar | 168 |
The Martial Races of India | 179 |
The Frontiers | 191 |
Kitchener and Curzon | 204 |
Indian Princes and Their Armies | 220 |
The Singapore Mutiny | 236 |
World War I | 248 |
Amritsar | 267 |
Troops on the march at night | 68 |
A sowar in the Queens Own Corps of Guides | 76 |
CHAPTER 5 | 78 |
An officer takes his ease on his veranda | 91 |
CHAPTER 7 | 105 |
Save Me from My Friends | 107 |
How India Kept Her Word | 117 |
CHAPTER 8 | 120 |
Entry of the Prince of Wales into Baroda | 124 |
Caricatures of life in Madras | 130 |
Indianization | 292 |
World War II | 303 |
War and Peace in SouthEast Asia | 318 |
The Indian National Army | 329 |
Last Days of the Raj | 348 |
APPENDIX A Indian Army Ranks and Badges | 367 |
APPENDIX B The Indian Salute States in 1931 | 368 |
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Common terms and phrases
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