Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier | 
pickFascinating history of the last generation of John company politicals and the man who recruited them to serve in the Punjab in the years before the mutiny, a mutiny in which many rode to the relief of Delhi and in many case their death. Men such as Lumsden who created the Corp of Guides, Hodson who lead his own private regiment of horse and Nicholson who would lead the assault on the breach at Delhi. A picture of the real “paladins” of empire.
Oblomov26 The quotation mark‘s reflecting that if you are an Indian patriot these were terrible men who committed many acts which could be charitably be viewed as war crimes. (edited) 5y
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