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Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914–1983) was an English officer in the 2nd Battalion [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] Indian Army from 1935, and novelist. His works are noted for their treatment of the British Empire in India.
Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914–1983) was an officer in the Indian Army from 1934, with the 2nd Battalion [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] from 1935, and   novelist.  


His 1954 novel Bhowani Junction was made into a successful film, starring Ava Gardner. The geographic location of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi, but the film was shot in Lahore.
His autobiography ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography'' was published in 1956 and has since been republished under slightly different titles as ''Bugles and a Tiger'', ''Bugles and a Tiger : a Personal Adventure'' and ''Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas''. It covers the Waziristan Campaign 1936-39. The second volume of his autobiography ''Road Past Mandalay'' deals mostly with the Burma campaign in the  Second World War. Both volumes are  available online, refer below.


==Also see==
His 1954 novel Bhowani Junction, set in the period of  Britain's exodus and the Partition of India,  was made into a successful film, starring Ava Gardner. The geographic location of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi, but the film was shot in Lahore.
*[[North West Frontier Campaigns#Individual accounts|North West Frontier Campaigns-Individual accounts]]


==External links==
==External links==
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* Listen to a [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/john-masters/ 1978 interview with John Masters (1914-1983), including  transcripts]  .s-asian.cam.ac.uk
* Listen to a [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/john-masters/ 1978 interview with John Masters (1914-1983), including  transcripts]  .s-asian.cam.ac.uk


===Online Books===
===Online books===
====Autobiography====
====Autobiography====
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/525270 ''Bugles And A Tiger(1956)''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278629  Another  DLI  file, possibly 1965], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629  Archive.org mirror version]. Also available in the  [http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library]. Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned, First you must [http://openlibrary.org/account/create sign up with the Open Library].  Waziristan in the late 1930s with the Indian Army.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/525270 ''Bugles And A Tiger(1956)''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278629  Another  DLI  file, possibly 1965], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629  Archive.org mirror version]. Also available in the  [http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library]. Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned, First you must [http://openlibrary.org/account/create sign up with the Open Library].  Waziristan in the late 1930s with the Indian Army.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/184920 ''Pilgrim Son''] 1954. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184920 Archive.org mirror version]. 3rd volume of Autobiography. Masters' life as a writer.
*[https://archive.org/details/roadpastmandalay00mast ''The Road Past Mandalay''] 1979.  Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library.  Earlier title: ''The Road past Mandalay : a personal narrative''. First published 1961. 2nd volume of Autobiography.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/184920 ''Pilgrim Son''] 1971. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Pilgrim Son : a Personal Odyssey''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184920 Archive.org mirror version]. 3rd volume of Autobiography. Masters' life as a writer.
====Novels with an Indian background====
====Novels with an Indian background====
Listed according to the period in which the novels are set.<ref> Wikipedia article</ref>
Listed according to the period in which the novels are set.<ref> Wikipedia article</ref>
*[http://archive.org/details/coromandel00mast ''Coromandell''] 1955. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. A 17th-century English lad runs away to sea and ends up in India.
*[http://archive.org/details/coromandel00mast ''Coromandell''] 1955. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. A 17th-century English lad runs away to sea and ends up in India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/351129  ''The Deceivers'']  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.351129 Archive.org mirror version]. An English officer goes undercover to root out the ritual murders of Thuggee.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/351129  ''The Deceivers'']  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.351129 Archive.org mirror version]. An English officer goes undercover to root out the ritual murders of Thuggee.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/425656 ''Nightrunners Of Bengal''] 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/425656 ''Nightrunners Of Bengal''] 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. [https://archive.org/details/nightrunnersofbe00mast Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library version] 1966.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/149087 ''The Lotus And The Wind'']  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149087 Archive.org mirror version]. The Great Game of British and Russian agents on the Northwest Frontier.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/149087 ''The Lotus And The Wind'']  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149087 Archive.org mirror version]. The Great Game of British and Russian agents on the Northwest Frontier.
*[https://archive.org/details/ravilancersnovel00mast ''The Ravi Lancers''] 1972. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library.  An Indian cavalry regiment  is sent to the France at the outbreak of the First World War.
*[https://archive.org/details/ravilancersnovel00mast ''The Ravi Lancers''] 1972. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library.  An Indian cavalry regiment  is sent to the France at the outbreak of the First World War.

Revision as of 06:47, 29 July 2018

Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914–1983) was an officer in the Indian Army from 1934, with the 2nd Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles from 1935, and novelist.

His autobiography Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography was published in 1956 and has since been republished under slightly different titles as Bugles and a Tiger, Bugles and a Tiger : a Personal Adventure and Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas. It covers the Waziristan Campaign 1936-39. The second volume of his autobiography Road Past Mandalay deals mostly with the Burma campaign in the Second World War. Both volumes are available online, refer below.

His 1954 novel Bhowani Junction, set in the period of Britain's exodus and the Partition of India, was made into a successful film, starring Ava Gardner. The geographic location of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi, but the film was shot in Lahore.

External links

Online books

Autobiography

Novels with an Indian background

Listed according to the period in which the novels are set.[1]

Other novels

References

  1. Wikipedia article