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The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830
The Sepoys and the Company Tradition and Transition in Northern India 17701830
Author: Seema Alavi
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.
ISBN-13: 9780195645958
ISBN-10: 0195645952
Publication Date: 12/17/1998
Pages: 340
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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