A Military History Of India Since 1972

Author : Arjun Subramaniam
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700631988

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A Military History of India since 1972 by Arjun Subramaniam Pdf

A Military History of India since 1972 is a definitive work of military history that gives the Indian military its rightful place as a key contributor to Indian democracy. Arjun Subramaniam offers an engaging narrative that combines superb storytelling with the academic rigor of deep research and analysis. It is a comprehensive account of India’s resolute, responsible, and restrained use of force as an instrument of statecraft and how the military has played an essential role in securing the country’s democratic tradition along with its rise as an economic and demographic power. This book is also about how the Indian nation-state and its armed forces have coped with the changing contours of modern conflict in the decades since 1972. These include the 2016 “surgical” or cross-border strikes by the Indian Army’s Special Forces across the line of control with Pakistan, the face-off with the Chinese at Doklam in 2017 and in Ladakh in 2020, the preemptive punitive strikes by the Indian Air Force against terror­ist camps in Pakistan in 2019, and the large-scale aerial engagement between the Indian Air Force and the Pakistan Air Force the following day. These conflicts also include the long-running insurgencies in the northeast, terrorism and proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir, separatist violence in Punjab, and the Indian Peacekeeping Force’s intervention in Sri Lanka. The author also includes a chapter on the development of India’s nuclear capabilities. Arjun Subramaniam enlivens the narrative with a practitioner’s insights amplified by interviews and conversations with almost a hundred serving and retired officers, including former chiefs from all three armed forces, for an in-depth exploration of land, air, and naval operations. The structure of the book offers readers a choice of either embarking on a comprehensive and chronological examination of war and conflict in contemporary India or a selective reading based on specific time lines or campaigns.

Author : Gurcharn Singh Sandhu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015052856930

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A Military History of Ancient India by Gurcharn Singh Sandhu Pdf

India's military history goes back to the Indus or Harappan people who flourished 5,000 years ago; the history of military fortifications in the country goes back even further. It remains, however, a subject largely neglected by the country's historians. This book traces the evolution of India's military tactics and strategy during the ancient period and till the eleventh century ad by examining available sources from a dispassionate, professional military perspective. The author analyses the military factors which led to the end of the Harappan civilization. The Rig Veda contains a great deal of information about battles fought by the Aryans. The author makes use of the description of the first recorded battle, the Dasrajan War fought around 1900 bc, as a basis for reconstructing the strategy and tactics employed by the combatants. The portion of Kautilya's Arthashastra dealing with matters military has been examined at some length because it exercised a profound influence on the tactics of Indian warfare for over a millennium. Such loyalty to the injunctions of the shastras bred extreme conservatism in military doctrine and often effectively prevented progress and innovation in the art of war. Learning from experience, the Guptas repudiated Kautilya's static concept and successfully defended the country against the Hunas. This work traces how a subsequent reversion to tradition and the antiquated Kautilyan system led to tragic consequences.

Author : Hemendra Chandra Kar
Publisher : Calcutta : Firma KLM
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4301657

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Military History of India by Hemendra Chandra Kar Pdf

Author : Harbans Singh Bhatia
Publisher : New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : British
ISBN : UOM:39015026640113

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Military History of British India, 1607-1947 by Harbans Singh Bhatia Pdf

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441168450

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The Army in British India by Kaushik Roy Pdf

The army in India was the principal pillar of British power in South Asia from the mid-nineteenth century until Indian independence. This volume aims to evaluate the combat effectiveness of the army in British India from the mutiny of 1857 until the British departed India in 1947. It examines how the army in India developed from a colonial police force into one of the world's largest volunteer armies which saw service around the globe. The author presents new primary material from international archival sources and develops original interpretations of the political and military role of the army in colonial India. These new arguments include: the army's conduct of 'small wars' on the North-West frontier aided it in conducting tactical warfare in Burma during World War II; small unit raids developed in India were put to good effect beyond India's borders; the army's practical experience of counter-insurgency was used in Greece and Indonesia after 1945; and, contrary to existing scholarship, the British did not follow a deliberate policy of 'Indianization' of the officer corps .

Author : Arjun Subramaniam
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789353578060

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Full Spectrum by Arjun Subramaniam Pdf

The armed forces have played a key role in protecting India's sovereignty and raising its stature as a stable democracy and responsible regional power. Though the nation's soldiers, sailors and airmen occupy a special place in people's hearts, standard narratives of contemporary Indian history rarely cover the military dimension. In his first book, India's Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971, Arjun Subramaniam attempted to set this right by taking readers on a journey until the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.Full Spectrum: India's Wars, 1972-2020 takes the story forward. It is a sweeping account of war and conflict in contemporary India over the past five decades. Covering every major operation that the armed forces have participated in -- including insurgencies in the north-east, terrorism and proxy wars in Jammu and Kashmir, separatist violence in Punjab, the IPKF intervention in Sri Lanka, and the continued stress along the LoC and LAC -- it fuses the strategic, operational, tactical and human dimensions of war and conflict into a racy narrative that reflects their changing character in modern times.

Author : Gurcharn Singh Sandhu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015052759134

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A Military History of Medieval India by Gurcharn Singh Sandhu Pdf

The book, thus, presents a study of the development of warfare in the country from the 11th to the mid-18th century when modern warfare made its appearance in India, unlike in Europe where it had developed two centuries earlier. The first such occasion was in 1746 in the battle of the Adyar River (San Thome) when a few French soldiers supported by a detachment of European-trained "native soldiers" defeated a much larger local force of the Nawab of Carnatic, thus heralding the advent of modern warfare into the country's antiquated military system. Wars have been the primary, if not the only, instrument for political change since ancient times. A study of the development of warfare in a country is, therefore, an essential component for a correct understanding of its political developments. Notwithstanding this fact, India's military history has, thus far, been sadly neglected by the country's professional historians. This book, a result of huge scholarship and stamina, helps to set right this lacuna. The author draws many lessons of enduring value which the military history of medieval India has to offer the country's policy-makers, politicians, bureaucrats, historians, political scientists and professional soldiers

Author : Maurice James Draffen Cockle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436719585

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A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Military History of India (1901) by Maurice James Draffen Cockle Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Daniel P. Marston,Chandar S. Sundaram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076002812845

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A Military History of India and South Asia by Daniel P. Marston,Chandar S. Sundaram Pdf

A Military History of India and South Asia provides a much-needed overview of the military history of the region since 1700, covering the areas that are today the states of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. In chapters devoid of academic jargon, leading scholars offer lucid introductions to topics ranging from the rise of the British East India Company, to the Indian Army in the First World War, to the rise of national armies and current tensions between India and Pakistan. Contributors are Rajesh M. Basrur, Raymond Callahan, Bhashyam Kasturi, Daniel P. Marston, Tim Moreman, David Omissi, Douglas M. Peers, Srinath Raghavan, Kaushik Roy, Chandar S. Sundaram, and Channa Wickremesekera.

Author : Uma Prasad Thapliyal
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9353332583

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Military History of India by Uma Prasad Thapliyal Pdf

Author : Sir Jadunath Sarkar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : India
ISBN : OCLC:641480669

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Military History of India by Sir Jadunath Sarkar Pdf

Author : Sir Jadunath Sarkar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015020073022

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Military History of India by Sir Jadunath Sarkar Pdf

Author : Arjun Subramaniam
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682472422

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India's Wars by Arjun Subramaniam Pdf

India’s armed forces play a key role in protecting the country and occupy a special place in the Indian people’s hearts, yet standard accounts of contemporary Indian history rarely have a military dimension. In India’s Wars, serving Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam seeks to rectify that oversight by giving India’s military exploits their rightful place in history. Subramaniam begins India’s Wars with a frank call to reinvigorate the study of military history as part of Indian history more generally. Part II surveys the development of the India’s army, navy, and air force from the early years of the modern era to 1971. In Parts III and IV, Subramaniam considers conflicts from 1947 to 1962 as well as conflicts with China in 1962 and Pakistan in 1965 and 1971. Part V concludes by assessing these conflicts through the lens of India’s ancient strategist, Kautilya, who is revered in India as much as Sun Tzu is in China. Not merely a wide-ranging historical narrative of India’s military performance in battle, India’s Wars also offers a strategic, operational, and human perspective on the wars fought by independent India’s armed forces. Subramaniam highlights possible ways to improve the synergy between the three services, and argues in favor of the declassification of historical material pertaining to national security. The author also examines the overall state of civil-military relations in India, leadership within the Indian armed forces, as well as training, capability building, and other vitally important issues of concern to citizens, the government, and the armed forces. This objective and critical analysis provides policy cues for the reinvigoration of the armed forces as a critical tool of statecraft and diplomacy. Readers will come away from India’s Wars with a greater understanding of the international environment of war and conflict in modern India. Laced with veterans’ intense experiences in combat operations, and deeply researched and passionately written, it unfolds with surprising ease and offers a fresh perspective on independent India’s history.

Author : Captain Rafter
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021413178

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Our Indian Army by Captain Rafter Pdf

Written by a veteran of the Indian Army, this book provides a comprehensive history of the British military presence in India from the 18th century to the early 20th century. With accounts of battles, campaigns, and the daily life of soldiers and officers, readers will gain a detailed understanding of the role of the armies of the Raj. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Šumit Ganguly,Manjeet S. Pardesi,William R. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009193535

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The Sino-Indian Rivalry by Šumit Ganguly,Manjeet S. Pardesi,William R. Thompson Pdf

Draws on theoretical literature on international rivalries to explain the origins and evolution of the Sino-Indian rivalry.