MaureenE Posted 10 June , 2014 Share Posted 10 June , 2014 From the Indian website India and the Great War- A Joint USI-MEA Commemorative Project, the USII (United Service Institution of India) advises http://indiaww1.in/ourpublication.aspx "Our forthcoming publications on various aspects of India’s involvement in the Great War: Booklets: India and the Great War: An Overview France and Flanders Gallipoli Mesopotamia Egypt and Palestine East Africa Minor theatres Indian Victoria Cross Recipients Coffee Table Books: India and the Great War India on the Western Front: Postcards from another War Indians at Gallipoli Battlefield Guides: France and Flanders Gallipoli Theatre Histories: India and the Great War: An Overview France and Flanders Gallipoli Mesopotamia Egypt and Palestine East Africa Books: Great War Badges of the Indian Army Indian Anecdotes of the Great War Sideshows: Forgotten Actions of the Indian Army in the Great War Indian Labour Corps in the Great War Indian State Forces in the Great War Translation of Bengali biography of Captain Kalyan Kumar Rudra, who was deployed in Mesopotamia and wrote about his experiences in the Great War. Compendium of academic work on the theme ‘India and the Great War’ Anthology of USI journal articles pertaining to India and the Great War from 1914 till date. Graphic novel on India’s participation in the Great War" bushfighter of this Forum has advised (http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=210366&p=2088168 ) he is writing a book which “will describe the activities and military operations of Sepoys in the Great war 'Sideshows'. The scope is from Tsing Tao to German Kamerun.” This is probably the book listed listed under Books above, full title Sideshows: Forgotten Actions of the Indian Army in the Great War The book on Gallipoli is probably Die for Battle, Do Not Despair by Professor Peter Stanley, due in mid 2015, mentioned in this link http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacific/2014-04-24/indian-role-in-gallipoli-underestimated/1301006 Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 12 June , 2014 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2014 I have come across two more books, on Amazon.co.uk which are due out 27 August 2014 India and the First World War: Their Name Liveth for Evermore by Vedica Kant http://www.amazon.co.uk/India-First-World-War-Evermore/dp/8174369791 Honour and Fidelity: India in World War I by Amarinder Singh http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honour-Fidelity-India-World-War/dp/8174368981 Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilly100 Posted 20 June , 2014 Share Posted 20 June , 2014 Thanks for the heads up on these new books Maureen. Look forward to getting them in due course. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 22 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2015 One of the books mentioned above is due out in the UK at the end of March, 2015 Die in Battle, Do Not Despair: The Indians on Gallipoli, 1915 by Professor Peter Stanley Amazon link is http://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Battle-not-Despair-Gallipoli/dp/1910294675 Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 23 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2015 A book recently released in India Indian Troops in Europe by Santanu Das, which is categorised as a photography book http://www.mapinpub.in/bookinfo.php?id=234#visit Sample pages from the book http://www.mapinpub.in/book_images/Sample%20pages%20from%20Indian%20Troops%20in%20Europe.pdf Table of contents • India, Europe and the First World War • The home front • To the front • The front and beyond • Hospitals • Prisoners • Afterword There are some sample photographs in another post "French photographs of Indian Army" http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225958 Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 23 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2019 Came across this title. published in India in 2016. Les Hindous: Indian Army on the Western Front 1914 - 1919 by Rana T S Chhina (Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research) https://ompublications.in/product/books/OM23118 (See front cover below) Also a book from the list in post 1 has now been published under the title For the Honour of My House: The Contribution of the Indian Princely States to the First World War, by Tony McClenaghan, see separate post https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270950-for-the-honour-of-my-house-the-contribution-of-the-indian-princely-states-to-the-first-world-war-mcclenaghan/ I think it is possible that a number of books on the list in post 1 have subsequently been published in India. Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 10 September , 2019 Author Share Posted 10 September , 2019 Coming next year c April 2020 The Coolie’s Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914–1921 by Radhika Singha To be published by Hurst https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-coolies-great-war/ Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 24 April , 2023 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2023 (edited) I quoted this topic in response to a recent query, so here are some updates. The following links are from the website United Service Institution of India/Publications https://www.usiofindia.org/publication/USI-Books.html which I think would be some of the books then planned mentioned in my original post. The Indian Corps on the Western Front A Handbook and Battlefield Guide by Simon Doherty and Tom Donovan 2014 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/the-indian-corps-on-the-western-front-a-handbook-and-battlefield-guide.html India and The Great War - Eight Theater Booklets by Sqn Ldr Rana TS Chhina (Retd)2015 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/india-and-the-great-war-eight-theater-booklets.html India in World War I : An Illustrated Story (Comic) by Maj Gen Ian Cardozo, AVSM, SM and Shri Rishi Kumar 2016 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/india-in-world-war-i-an-illustrated-story-comic.html India and the First World War 1914 – 18 by Sqn Ldr Rana Chhina (Retd) 2016 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/india-and-the-first-world-war-1914-18.html India in Flanders Fields by Sqn Ldr RTS Chhina,MBE (Retd) and Mr Dominiek Dendooven 2017 (Coffee Table Book) https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/india-in-flanders-fields-coffee-table-book.html India in Flanders Fields by Sqn Ldr RTS Chhina,MBE (Retd) and Mr Dominiek Dendooven 2017 (Booklet) https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/india-in-flanders-fields-booklet.html Sideshows Of The Indian Army In World War I by Harry Fecitt 2017 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/sideshows-of-the-indian-army-in-world-war-i.html For The Honour of My House : The Contribution of the Indian Princely States to the First World War by Tony McClenaghan 2018 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/for-the-honour-of-my-house-the-contribution-of-the-indian-princely-states-to-the-first-world-war.html Indian Army in the First World War edited by Alan Jeffreys 2018 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/indian-army-in-the-first-world-war.html The Indian Army in World War I 1914-1918 by Major General Ian Cardozo 2019 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/the-indian-army-in-world-war-i-1914-1918.html Gallipoli Revisited by Rana Chhina and Asoke Mukerji 2022 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/gallipoli-revisited.html If you re-search these titles under Publications, you will see some boxes saying “Buy now”, none of which seemed to work at the time I was looking, so if you wanted to buy any of these, you could try again during Indian Office Hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30), and see if the links are then working. Maureen Edited 24 April , 2023 by MaureenE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 24 April , 2023 Share Posted 24 April , 2023 4 hours ago, MaureenE said: Gallipoli Revisited by Rana Chhina and Asoke Mukerji 2022 https://www.usiofindia.org/publication-books/gallipoli-revisited.html Many thanks Maureen; I've emailed them this morning and hope to be able to get this one regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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