Indianization, the officer corps, and the Indian Army : the forgotten debate, 1817-1917 /

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Author / Creator:	Sundaram, Chandar S., author.
Imprint:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Description:	xviii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Great Britain. -- Army. -- British Indian Army -- Officers -- History. Great Britain. -- Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- History. India. -- Army -- Officers -- History. India. -- Army. British Occupation of India (1765-1947) India -- Race relations -- History. Armed Forces -- Officers. India -- History, Military. India. History. Military history.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12030519

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ISBN:	9781498579513 1498579515 9781498579520
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In the Indian Army of the British Raj, the officer corps was "reserved for the governing race", (i.e. the British). Only in 1917, a mere thirty years before India won freedom, did the Raj permit Indians into the Army's officer corps, thus slowly beginning its Indianization. Yet it is often forgotten that this decision was the culmination of a hundred-year-long debate. Based on meticulous archival research in Britain and India, this book breaks new ground by offering readers the first detailed account of this generally forgotten debate. It traces the myriad schemes and counter-schemes the debate generated, the complex twists and turns it took, and how it engaged both British policy-makers anxious to maintain control, as well as nationalist Indian leaders agitating for greater self-government. This work also offers insights into the martial races concept, the 1857 uprising, and the impact of Anglo-Indian ideology upon the Indian Army. Clearly written and carefully argued, this monograph is an original and defining contribution to military/war and society history, the history of colonial India and its army, the history of British empire, the history of racism, and to civil-military relations."
Other form:	Online version: Sundaram, Chandar S., author. Indianization, the officer corps, and the Indian Army Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2019] 9781498579520

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Defining and Conceptualizing the Forgotten Indianization Debate
1. Contexts of the Forgotten Indianization Debate, 1600-1914
2. The Idea of Indianization and Its Enemies, 1817-1898
3. The Imperial Cadet Corps: Its Formation and Pedagogy, 1900-1915
4. Future Recruitment, Future Employment, and the Future of the Corps, 1902-1915
5. War and the Window of Opportunity, 1914-1917
6. Little Grace in the Giving: Indianization Policy, 1917-1945
Conclusion: Of "Psychological Moments" and "Persistant Agitation"
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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