The Sepoys and the Company : Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830

The Sepoys and the Company : Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830

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Book Description
Alavi examines the factors used by the British when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army in the period 1770-1830. These factors, such as knship groups, diet, and caste as well as financial incentives offered by pension schemes and invalid pay, provided a loyal high-status army
for the emerging colonial authority.

The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830 ,Seema Alavi,Oxford University Press, USA,0195645952,Asia - India & South Asia,History,History - General History,History: World,Modern - General,Colonization & independence,History / India,History, World | India,India,Military life & institutions,Social groups & communities,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900

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