The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947Following 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 province`s position as the `sword 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 else in British India, indeed in the Empire. Analysing these events, this book: - Studies the manner in which the Punjab became the main recruiting ground for the Indian Army - Looks at how certain districts were selected for military recruitment, and the factors motivating the `military classes` among the Punjabis to join the Army - Discusses the effects of the First World War on the recruitment process in the Punjab - Highlights the role the civil-military regime played in the politics of the Punjab, its survival after the Second World War and the manner in which it handled the demand for Pakistan and the subsequent partitioning of the province. |
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Contents
Introduction | 17 |
List of Maps and Tables | 18 |
A Return to Arms Colonial Punjab | 31 |
Tables | 41 |
Recruiting in the Punjab Martial Races | 70 |
Garrison Province at Work Punjab | 98 |
Maintaining the Military Districts CivilMilitary | 141 |
Managing the Martials Control and Concessions | 187 |
Securing the Reins of Power Politics and Punjabs | 240 |
Other editions - View all
The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab ... Tan Tai Yong No preview available - 2005 |
The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab ... Tan Tai Yong No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
administration agitation agricultural Akali movement amongst Amritsar district army in India Bengal Army Board British campaign cent central Punjab Chhottu Ram civil-military Committee Congress Delhi deputy commissioner dominated DSBs economic elected enlist ex-soldiers File force frontier Gakkhars Ghadr Golden Temple gurdwara Guru Ka Bagh Hayat Khan Hindu Hindu Jats Home Pol Ibid imperial Indian Army Indian Soldiers influence Jat Sikhs jathas Jhelum district Jullunder Khalsa Lahore land revenue Legislative Council Lieutenant Ludhiana mahant major manpower martial race ment mili military authorities military classes military districts military service mobilization Muslim League Mutiny O'Dwyer organizations Pakistan pensioners PHP(M political population province Punjab government Punjab Soldiers Punjabi Muslims Rawalpindi recruiting ground recruiting officer reforms religious Report Rohtak rupees rural-military elites sahajdhari sepoys SGPC Shahpur shrines Sikh community Sikh districts Sikh regiments Singh tehsil tion Tiwana troops Unionist Party unrest urban villages western Punjab zail zamindars
References to this book
Colonizing Agriculture: The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism Mridula Mukherjee No preview available - 2005 |
Colonizing Agriculture: The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism Mridula Mukherjee No preview available - 2005 |