For king and another country : Indian soldiers on the Western Front 1914-18 / Shrabani Basu.

By:

Basu, Shrabani [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Bloomsbury, 2015Description: xxvii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), 1 map (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789384052911 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.40954 BAS 23

Contents:

1. Monsoon 2. Arrival 3. comfort kameti 4. First blood 5. The trenches 6. Winter 7. Bandobast Sahib 8. Neuve Chapelle 9. Clouds 10. Brighton 11. Funerals 12. The Maharaja and the war cabinet 13. The peace.

Summary: Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. They travelled from remote villages in India to the harsh trenches of Flanders and France, for a war they could not comprehend. They fought with unquestioning valour and went on the win the highest bravery awards, but their contribution has been mostly forgotten

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	940.40954 BAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2330

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index.

1. Monsoon
2. Arrival
3. comfort kameti
4. First blood
5. The trenches
6. Winter
7. Bandobast Sahib
8. Neuve Chapelle
9. Clouds
10. Brighton
11. Funerals
12. The Maharaja and the war cabinet
13. The peace.

Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. They travelled from remote villages in India to the harsh trenches of Flanders and France, for a war they could not comprehend. They fought with unquestioning valour and went on the win the highest bravery awards, but their contribution has been mostly forgotten

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