Gentlemen of the Raj : The Indian Army Officer Corps, 1817-1949
by Barua, Pradeep P.
Edition statement:1st Published by : Pentagon Press (New Delhi) Physical details: xv,180 Pages 16x23 cm | HB ISBN:0275979997.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Chronicles the institutional and organizational changes that resulted in the dramatic transformation of a small British-led colonial force into a large modern national army.
Include Abbreviations, Bibliography and Index.
The dramatic transformation of a small British-led colonial force into a large modern national army, complete with its own institutional officer corps, is a unique event, one without parallel. Indeed, the Indian Army's evolution challenges many current theories on the nature of British colonial rule in India. Barua offers a case study of the only post-colonial officer corps, among developing nations, never to have toppled a civilian administration. Its successful transformation forces us to re-examine interpretations of the British Raj.
This remarkable achievement was the culmination of a complex, if cautious, program of military modernization that has been practically ignored by scholars researching the colonial Indian Army. Barua examines these neglected institutional and organizational changes, demonstrating that the dynamics of colonial military modernization in India was a result of the interaction between British and Indians. The end result was the creation of a highly professional national army, one of the few in the developing world to be untainted by political involvement.
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