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Oxford University Library (England)  holds copies from Volume 16 No. 3 (Autumn 1999), catalogued as  ''Durbar : journal of the Indian Military Historical Society''.  
Oxford University Library (England)  holds copies from Volume 16 No. 3 (Autumn 1999), catalogued as  ''Durbar : journal of the Indian Military Historical Society''.  


[http://bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/books/reviews/190-Haynes-Chinna.html This review] of the book ''Medals and Decorations of Independent India'' was first published in the Spring 2009 edition of ''Durbar''.
 





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The principal aim of the Indian Military Historical Society is to act as a forum for the dissemination of knowledge of uniforms, medals, badges, buttons and other militaria, as well as the history of Service units both before and after Independence. These include : Royal Navy, British Army, RAF units which served in India, units of the HEIC Army and Marine prior to 1861, the Indian Army subsequent to 1861, including the European Volunteer Corps, The Royal Indian Marine and the Royal Indian Navy, the Army of Nepal and those of the Princely States, the present-day Armed Services of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, including Frontier Corps, Para Military and Police units.

Contact details

The Society can be contacted at :

Indian Military Historical Society
Secretary/Editor
Mr A.N. McClenaghan
33 High Street
Tilbrook
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire PE28 0JP
ENGLAND

Website: www.imhs.org.uk
Email: membership@imhs.org.uk

Journal

The Society produces a quarterly journal called Durbar.

The bottom of the website homepage contains a link to an Index (pdf, searchable) of the Journals from 1984-2010, classified according to subjects such as Badges, Battles, Biographical, Medals, Regiments etc.. Journals were dated from Volume 6, No.4 (Winter 1989), but these dates have been excluded from the Index.

The website currently (December 2012) states it is intended to include an open Archive page on the website which will include all journals up to and including 2006. Journals from 2007 onwards will only be available to members.

The journals published in 2012 are Volume 29.

The British Library appears to hold issues from Volume 1, No. 4

Oxford University Library (England) holds copies from Volume 16 No. 3 (Autumn 1999), catalogued as Durbar : journal of the Indian Military Historical Society.