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Hew Strachan
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Fiction
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2008
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English
โ 8 MB
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The Great War: Indian Writings on the First World War
โ Scribed by Jalil, Rakhshanda
- Book ID
- 110486014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
It is very hard to endure the bombs, Father. It will be difficult for anyone to survive and come back safe and sound from the war. The son who is very lucky will see his father and mother... (Extract from a letter by an Indian soldier serving in France, written on 14 January 1915 to his father)
The Great War, as the First World War was referred to, saw the service of over 1.3 million Indians, of whom 74,000 never made it back home. For their families, the War was something they could not fully fathom. Soldiers from the Indian subcontinent won over 12,908 awards for bravery, including 11 Victoria Crosses. Yet this unprecedented show of valour by Indian soldiers remains largely unsung and unrecognised--particularly in India.
Commemorating hundred years of the end of the First World War, this volume brings together diverse voices--Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, Sarojini Naidu, Mohamed Ali, Chandradhar Sharma Guleri and many more--that reflect a...
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