India and the First World War : 'if I die here, who will remember me?' /
"Though the Great war is widely considered to have been a primarily European conflict, it had enormous effects halfway across the world, and especially in India. Largely overlooked by Indian history textbooks, many Indian nationalists believed that supporting Britain's war effort would ben...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi, India :
Lustre Press : Roli Books,
2014.
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| Summary: | "Though the Great war is widely considered to have been a primarily European conflict, it had enormous effects halfway across the world, and especially in India. Largely overlooked by Indian history textbooks, many Indian nationalists believed that supporting Britain's war effort would benefit India's move towards self-government. As a result, over a million and a half Indians were encouraged to enlist, and subsequently deployed to fight for the British."--Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "Commemorating 100 years of the great war 1914-1918--Cover." |
| Physical Description: | 255 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9788174369796 8174369791 |