Faithful Fighters
Faithful Fighters During the first four decades of the twentieth century, the British Indian Army possessed an illusion of racial and religious inclusivity. As anti-colonial activism intensified,…
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Faithful Fighters
During the first four decades of the twentieth century, the British Indian Army possessed an illusion of racial and religious inclusivity. As anti-colonial activism intensified, military officials incorporated some soldiers' religious traditions into the army to keep them disciplined and loyal. The army recruited diverse soldiers, known as the Martial Races, including British Christians, Hindustani Muslims, Punjabi Sikhs, Hindu Rajputs, Pathans from northwestern India, and Gurkhas from Nepal.
Consequently, Indian nationalists and anti-colonial activists charged the army with fomenting racial and religious divisions. They facilitated acts such as the fast of Ramadan for Muslim soldiers and allowed religious swords among Sikhs to recruit men from communities where anti-colonial sentiment grew stronger. In Faithful Fighters, Kate Imy explores how military culture created