Indian Soldiers in World War I
Race and Representation in an Imperial War

By (author) Andrew T. Jarboe

ISBN13: 9781496241368

Imprint: University of Nebraska Press

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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Published: 01/01/2025

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Britain deployed more than one million Indian soldiers in its Indian Army during World War I. These men fought in Britain’s imperial war effort in France and Belgium, Egypt and East Africa, and Gallipoli, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. In Indian Soldiers in World War I Andrew T. Jarboe follows these Indian soldiers—or sepoys—across the battlefields, examining the contested representations British and Indian audiences drew from the soldiers’ wartime experiences and the impacts these representations had on the British empire’s racial politics. Presenting overlooked or forgotten connections, Jarboe argues that Indian soldiers’ presence on battlefields across three continents contributed decisively to the British Empire’s final victory in the war. While the war and Indian soldiers’ involvement led to a hardening of the British empire’s prewar racist ideologies and governing policies, the battlefield contributions of Indian soldiers fueled Indian national aspirations and calls for racial equality. When Indian soldiers participated in the brutal suppression of antigovernment demonstrations in India at war’s end, they set the stage for the eventual end of British rule in South Asia.
List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Peasants into Sepoys 2. India’s Splendid Rally 3. In Flanders Fields 4. Healing the Empire 5. In the Hands of the Enemy 6. The Empire’s Fighters 7. The War’s Most Critical Phase 8. Into the Face of Bayonets Conclusion Notes     Bibliography Index
  • Asian history
  • First World War
  • Professional & Vocational
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