From Sepoy to Subedar

Being the Life and Adventures of Subedar Sita Ram, a Native Officer of the Bengal Army, Written and Related by Himself
Herausgeber: Lunt, James

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Produktbeschreibung

From Sepoy to Subedar by Sita Ram is the only published account by an Indian soldier of his experiences serving in the East India Company's Army. These memoirs cover a span of more than forty years of active service, and provide a fascinating insight into the lives of the Indian soldiers serving under the British.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781138292871
• ISBN-10: 1138292877
• Artikelnr.: 54062302

Autorenporträt

Major-General James Dorian Lunt CBE was a senior British Army officer and military historian. He was Domestic Bursar of Wadham College, University of Oxford, from 1973 to 1983.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Beginning 2. Joining the Regiment 3. The Gurkha War: 1814-1816 4.
The Pindari War 5. Return to the Village 6. The Lovely Thakurin 7. The
Bulwark of Hindustan 8. The March into Afghanistan: 1838: 1839 9. Ghazni
and Kabul 10. The Retreat from Kabul: January 1842 11. Escape from Slavery
12. The First Sikh War: 1845-1846 13. The Second Sikh War: 1848-1849 14.
The Wind of Madness 15. The Pensioner