The British Raj and its Indian armed forces, 1857-1939
By: edited by Partha Sarathi Gupta, Anirudh Deshpande.
Contributors: Gupta, Partha Sarathi, 1934-; Deshpande, Anirudh.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.; India -- History, Military -- 19th century.; India -- History, Military -- 20th century.; Great Britain -- Armed forces -- India -- History.
Description: Contributed articles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Anirudh Deshpande; title: Sepoys and the colonial state : Punjab and the military base of the Indian army, 1849-1900; title: Reviving a 'dead letter' : military Indianization and the ideology of Anglo-India, 1885-91 / Chandar S. Sundaram; title: Logistics and the contruction of loyalty : the welfare mechanism in the Indian army, 1859-1913; title: Sepoys' links with society : a study of the Bengal army, 1858-95 / Vivien Ashima Kaul; title: Military reform in the aftermath of the great war : intentions and compulsions of British military policy, 1919-25 / Anirudh Deshpande; title: The debate on Indianization, 1918-39 / Partha Sarathi Gupta.