SOLDIERS OF THE SALT RANGE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
During the revolt of 1857, the ‘Movable Columns’ that marched to Delhi consisted largely of irregular units comprising of Pathans, Balochis, Punjabi Muslims (PMs), Jats, and Sikhs.
A Tale of Subedar Major Mauladad (1822-1890). 24th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry
The 6th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment is one of the oldest units of the Pakistan Army.
ON THE EVE OF DEPARTURE OF THE GOWHAR-I-TAJ’S OWN INFANTRY BATTALION– 1944
During the Second World War the Indian Princely states provided 250,000 men for service in Malaya, Burma, North Africa, the Middle East and Italy.
UNDER PELICAN WINGS – THE BAHAWALPUR STATE FORCES
During my tenure in Bahawalpur in the mid-1990s, I frequently visited the desert forts in Cholistan of which Derawar is the largest.
THE IRREGULAR CAVALRY THROUGH THE LENS OF A PAINTING
In an auction in 1980, the British National Army Museum paid a high price for a collection of paintings commissioned by Col James Skinner.
THE INDIAN MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY
Sometime back, I chanced upon a painting in the archives of the National Army Museum in UK with the title – 7th (Bengal) Mountain Battery going into Action at Kaniguram, Waziristan, 1920.