Race, politics, and armies: The dynamics of military modernization in twentieth-century colonial India

During the first half of the twentieth century the colonial Indian army underwent a dramatic transition. What had hitherto been a predominantly glorified colonial police force was transformed into a relatively modern army, complete with its own institutionalized officer corps. This impressive achievement was the culmination of a complex, if cautious, program of military modernization and has practically been ignored by the historiography on the colonial Indian army. The scant work that has been done tends to underplay this crucial development. This dissertation analyses some of these neglected institutional and organizational reforms.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Barua, Pradeep P.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kling, Blair B.

• History, Asia, Australia and Oceania
• Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Barua, Pradeep P.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9624284
(UMI)AAI9624284

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22078