Tag: India Audio‘Corner of a Foreign Field’: a play about the burial of Indian Muslim troops at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017It is October 1914 and Maulana Sadr Ud-Din is battling with General Barrow, the...Audio‘Step Child’: a play about the surveillance of First World War Indian dissentersWednesday 1 November 2017The British Government promises that all British subjects are equal before the law. But...Audio‘Cama’: a play about a female Indian revolutionary at the time of the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017In a trench in Marseille the loyalty of three Indian soldiers is tested when...Audio‘The Radicalisation of Vir Singh’: a play about the challenges of serving as an Indian soldier in the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017Arjun sits restless and scared as he prepares to enter the battlefield for the...Audio‘Smile’: a play about Indian soldiers at the Brighton Pavilion Hospital during the First World WarWednesday 1 November 2017Three Indian soldiers recover at the iconic Brighton Pavilion hospital. Every detail is provided...AudioFor king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western FrontTuesday 15 December 2015Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, many travelling from...AudioOne in six: the South Asian contribution to the First World WarWednesday 13 May 2015One hundred years ago, undivided India provided Britain with a massive volunteer army in...AudioIndia in the First World WarThursday 12 March 2015The National Archives’ principal military specialist William Spencer is joined by Brigadier Brian McCall,...AudioSovereign, squire and rebel: Maharajah Duleep Singh and the heirs of a lost kingdomFriday 13 January 2012At the age of five years, Duleep Singh found himself on the golden throne...AudioHidden Women: uncovering the veil of silence during the partition of Punjab, India 1947Monday 29 November 2010Dr Pippa Virdee of De Montfort University uncovers the hidden voices of Muslim women...AudioThe first Afghan warFriday 17 September 2010In this talk, journalist and historian Jules Stewart will guide us through the 1838-1842...AudioSahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 – 1914Monday 17 July 2006Well-known military historian Professor Richard Holmes examines Indian soldiering in peace and war. He...