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'when the War Began We Heard of Several Kings': South Asian Prisoners in World War I Germany
Contributor(s): Roy, Franziska (Editor), Liebau, Heike (Editor), Ahuja, Ravi (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1138103713     ISBN-13: 9781138103719
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $137.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2021
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War I
- Political Science | World - Asian
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
Physical Information: 273 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Cultural Region - Asian
 
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Publisher Description:
The book is a moving account of about two thousand South Asians mostly sailors and soldiers from villages in Bengal, Nepal, the Northwest Frontier and Punjab, who were held for years in German prison camps. They attracted the close attention of army officers, diplomats and secret agents, of emigrant revolutionaries of India, of German artists, academics and industrialists. The book introduces and makes available rich German archives as yet unknown to the non-German speaking world.
 
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