A "return to arms" : colonial Punjab and the Indian army -- Recruiting in the Punjab : "martial races" and the military districts -- Garrison province at work : Punjab and the First World War -- Maintaining the military districts : civil-military integration and district soldiers' boards -- Managing the "martials" : control and concessions -- Securing the reins of power : politics and Punjab's rural-military elites -- The garrison state cracks : Punjab and the Second World War
Summary
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 provinces̀ position as the s̀word arm ̀of the Raj. The militarisation of the administration in the Punjab was characterised by a conjunction of the military, civil and political authorities. This led to the emergence of a uniquely civil-military regime, a phenomenon that was not replicated anywhere e
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-320) and index
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