Brown Warriors of the Raj
The Sepoy Army was one of the pivots of Britain's overseas empire. After 1857, this army policed the subcontinent as well as Britain's extra-Indian overseas possessions. The importance of the Sepoy Army for the Raj could be gleaned from the fact that it consumed about 30 per cent of the government's revenue. For the colonised also, the colonial army was one of the largest government employers in India. Nevertheless, it remains an underdog both in Indian and the British-Imperial historiography. This volume focuses on recruitment and the mechanics of command. It attempts to answer pertinent questions like: who were recruited and why, how the re…
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- ISBN: 978-81-7304-754-1
- EAN: 9788173047541
- Produktnummer: 29394732
- Verlag: Manohar Publ S & Distributors
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 350 S.
- Masse: H22.5 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.8 cm 586 g
- Gewicht: 586
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