Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947
by
Tan Tai Yong
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2005
Following the Mutiny of 1857, various factors impelled the British to turn to the province of Punjab in north-western India as the principal recruiting ground for the Indian Army. This book examines the processes by which the politics and political economy of colonial Punjab was militarised by the...