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More than that. Jicks story describes his familys intimate involvement with Mahatma Gandhi and the Rev. C.F. Andrews. His father Sudhir Rudra, the first Indian principal of St. Stephens College in Delhi, sent his Vice Principal, the Rev. Andrews, to South Africa to persuade Mr. Gandhi to come to India. Thereafter the latter used the Rudra house in Delhi as his base for nine years ; many incidents of that sojourn are here recorded for the first time. Furthermore, Jicks association with those two great Indian Army leaders, Field Marshals Auchinleck and Slim, add further interest to the biography and will be welcomed by todays officers to whom their names are but legends of history.
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Autobiographical reminiscences of an Indian military officer.
From a serving air force officer, an account of the wars India has fought The armed forces play a key role in protecting India and occupy a special place in people's hearts. Yet, standard accounts of contemporary Indian history rarely have a military dimension. In India's Wars, serving Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam, who has a Ph.D in Defence and Strategic Studies, seeks to give India's military exploits their rightful place in history. Beginning with a snapshot of the growth of the armed forces, he provides detailed accounts of the conflicts from Independence to 1971: the first India-Pakistan war of 1947-48, the liberation of Hyderabad and Junagadh, the campaign to evict the Portuguese ...
Autobiographical reminiscences of an Indian military officer.
Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War.
A unique examination of the role of the Indian army in post-World War II India in the run-up to Partition. Daniel Marston draws upon extensive archival research and interviews with veterans of the events of 1947 to provide fresh insight into the final days of the British Raj.