The sepoys and the company : tradition and transition in northern India, 1770-1830
Alavi, Seema1996
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Examines the factors that the British utilized when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army between 1770 and 1830. Kinship groups, diet, and caste as well as financial incentives from pension schemes and invalid pay, played an important role in creating a loyal army for the colonial authority.
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Imprint:
Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Collation:
xiii, 315p., [8]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p303-312. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780195634846
Dewey class:
954.031
Language:
English
BRN:
51300
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