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Online books
===Online books===
*''Bugles And A Tiger'' by John Masters 1965 edition, may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278629 Pdf download 1] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278629 Archive.org mirror version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/201985 Pdf download 2], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.201985 Archive.org mirror version].*:[http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast ''Bugles and a Tiger, a Volume of Autobiography''] 1956 may be borrowed from the [http://archive.org/details/lendinglibrary Internet Archive 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]:[https://archive.org/details/roadpastmandalay00mast ''The Road Past Mandalay''] by John Masters 1979. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. Earlier title: ''The Road Past Mandalay : a Personal Narrative''. First published 1961. 2nd volume of Autobiography. The short first part takes Masters and the 2/4th Ghurkas to Iraq and Syria. After a staff course back in India, the balance of the book concerns his time in Burma, with a Chindit Column. Also see the Fibiwiki page [[John Masters]].
*''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''. Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Catalogued as Gurkhas (1915): [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/237136 Pdf download] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237136 Archive.org mirror version].
*‪''A History of the 4th Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles 1857-1937 Volume II'' by Ronald Macdonell and Marcus Macaulay may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/502938 pdf download]. (Catalogue title includes ''Riples''). Covers the history from 1919. This appears to be a reprint edition published in 1960- the first author's first name is elsewhere stated to be Ranald. (Second of three volumes, first published 1940-1952. The third volume by J.N. Mackay covers the period to 1938-1948)). The first and third volumes are available at the [[British Library]], (UIN: BLL01001795371).
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