The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830 - Softcover
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.
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Dr Seema Alavi teaches at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0195645952
- ISBN 13 9780195645958
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- Number of pages340
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