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The author examines the factors used by the British when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army in the period 1770-1830. Kinship groups, diet and caste played as important a part as the more practical financial incentives offered by pension schemes and invalid pay in providing a loyal high-status army for the emerging colonial authority.Product Identifiers
PublisherOup India
ISBN-139780195645958
eBay Product ID (ePID)88839018
Product Key Features
Number of Pages332 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India, 1770-1830
Publication Year1998
SubjectGovernment, History
TypeTextbook
AuthorSeema Alavi
Subject AreaSocial Organisations
Dimensions
Item Height215 mm
Item Weight369 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureIndia
Title_AuthorSeema Alavi