The Indian Army and the End of the Raj
"The Partition of British India in 1947 resulted in the establishment of the independent states of India and Pakistan and the end of the British Raj. The decision to divide British India along religious lines led to widespread upheaval and communal violence in the period leading up to and follo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in Indian history and society. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4051965x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The bedrock of the Raj : the Indian Army pre-1939
- 2. The performance of the Indian Army in the Second World War
- 3. Question of loyalty? : the Indian National Army and the Royal Indian Navy mutiny
- 4. The Indian Army in French Indo-China and the Netherlands East Indies
- 5. 1946, year of difficulty : internal security and the rise of communal violence
- 6. Demobilisation, nationalisation and division of the Army in the midst of chaos
- 7. 1947, the year of reckoning and the end of the Raj
- Conclusion: The end of the British Indian Army.
