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 Routledge Library Editions: British in India Series
Coordonnateur : Lunt James
British military history in India has been amply documented, but 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.
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
Major-GeneralJames 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.
Date de parution : 03-2017
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 09-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de From Sepoy to Subedar :
Mots-clés :
sita; Sita Ram; ram; Young Men; Shah Shujah; Close Order Drill; East India Company's Bengal; Bala Hissar; Bengal Native Army; Colonel Sahib; Jullundur Doab; Bengal Army; Company Bahadur; Sikh Army; Gurkha War; Sepoy Regiments; Bombay Army; Sikh War; Holy Man; Hill Men; War Time; Sweet Peas; Deputy Commissioner; Ahmed Shah; Afghan Merchant; Sikh Horsemen; General Sahib