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For King and Another Country - Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18 (Paperback)
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For King and Another Country - Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
You Save R76 (19%)
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Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the
largest force from the colonies and dominions. Their contribution,
however, has been largely forgotten. Many soldiers were illiterate
and travelled from remote villages in India to fight in the muddy
trenches in France and Flanders. Many went on to win the highest
bravery awards. For King and another Country tells, for the first
time, the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the
Western Front: from a grand turbanned Maharaja rearing to fight for
Empire to a lowly sweeper who dies in a hospital in England, from a
Pathan who wins the Victoria Cross to a young pilot barely out of
school. Shrabani Basu delves into archives in Britain and
narratives buried in villages in India and Pakistan to recreate the
War through the eyes of the Indians who fought it. There are heroic
tales of bravery as well as those of despair and desperation; there
are accounts of the relationships that were forged between the
Indians with their British officers and how curries reached the
frontline. Above all, it is the great story of how the War changed
India and led, ultimately, to the call for independence.
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