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*[[:Category:Organisations]] has links to a number of military historical societies which publish journals containing articles about India, including the now closed [[Indian Military Historical Society]], which publishes published the journal ''Durbar''.
*[[Postal Service]] for some details during Military Campaigns.
*[[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|5th Light Infantry]] for 1915 Singapore Mutiny
*[http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=WgYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ''East India Military and Budget Estimates. Session 5 February-21 August 1867''] ''House of Commons Accounts and Papers, Volume 15'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xSNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Abolition of the bonus system in the Indian Army''] compiled by Lt.-Col. J.C. Phillips, retired list, late Bengal Army. 1869 Google Books
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012224477 ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys 1886, first published c 1877. Awards for the [[Indian Mutiny]]. HathiTrust Digital Library, available to those in areas such as North America. Also [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DnY4AQAAMAAJ Google Books version], USA etc access only.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1880-the-victoria-cross-in-the-colonies-and-gallant-sepoys-and-soward-by-knollys-s-pdf/ ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0972 Archive.org mirror version]. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny. First part to page 85; 2nd part to page 176, or 91 pages of text.
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eZABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5 ''Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by Major Elliott and Lieut-Col. Knollys 1882 (although catalogued 1889). 176 pages of text. Google Books. Both books were part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.824/page/n17/mode/2up “The Simplicity of Yesterday”] by Field–Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck page 8 ''The Times of India Annual 1949''. Note missing pages 11-12. Then continues [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.824/page/n73/mode/2up page 77] and pages 79 and 81. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection. This volume is also available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002827019 . Auchinleck joined the 62nd Punjabis in 1904. The latter pages include details about the structure of a regiment c 1904, and the training of men.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org. Also see Fiction, below.
*[httphttps://searchfind.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER197595 permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma991975953607636 ''The Indian Army A B C : being a record of some of those depressing events that occur in the daily life of every Officer of the Indian Army''] by Myauk [John William Jerome Alves] 1915. With download link, State Library of Victoria. [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/87039 Direct link]. The quoit mentioned in Q for Quoit is known as a Chakram or Chakkar. [http://www.whoosh.org/issue8/rudnick6.html 'What The Heck Is A Chakram, Anyway?"] by Bret Ryan Rudnick.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org . The author, who was in a British Army regiment, arrived in India c 1883, and was subsequently appointed to the Indian Army where he held many positions.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38633/page/n321 "The Defence of India"] page 273 ''The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: from his journals and letters'' edited by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice 1928 Archive.org. Rawlinson became Commander-in Chief in India at the end of 1920, until he died in March 1925. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baron_Rawlinson Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson] Wikipedia.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.206513/2015.206513.Report-Of#page/n133/mode/2up "Conditions of Service of Followers"] page 87 . Recommendations.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35547 ''Report Of The Army In India Committee 1919-20 Part II''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36694 ''The Army in India and Its Evolution: Including an account of the establishment of the Royal Air Force in India''] 1924. Compiled Officially. Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune, India]). A pdf download to your computer. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207847 Archive.org version].
*[http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/7986 ''India's Army''] by Major Donovan Jackson 1940. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7986/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19395371#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 ''Short History of the Indian Army''] by Lieutenant Colonel B.N. Majumdar 1971. Reprinted from ''The Bulletin'', Military Historical Society. Wellcome Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/matterofhonour0000maso ''A Matter of Honour''] by Philip Mason 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Additional title on cover: ''An account of the Indian Army, its officers and men''.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianarmygarris0000heat/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Indian Army : The Garrison of British Imperial India, 1822-1922''] by T A Heathcote 1974. A volume in the series ''Historic Armies and Navies''. A comment elsewhere said [contains] "... important detail concerning organisation, recruitment and pay". Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sonsofjohncompan0000gayl/mode/2up ''Sons of John Company : the Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-91''] by John Gaylor 1992. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278755 ''Handbook For Indian Cavalry''] By F.W.P. [Frederick William Pakenham] Angelo 1898. Published at Allahabad. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
**[https://archive.org/stream/Sikhs#page/n137/mode/2up "Recruiting"] , Chapter V, page 106 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' by Captain A H Bingley, 7th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Bengal Infantry. Compiled under the orders of the Government of India. 1899 Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/stream/sikhsofpunjab00parruoft#page/104/mode/2up "Recruiting Methods"] [WW1] Chapter VI page 104 ''The Sikhs of the Punjab'' by R E Parry late Indian Army Reserve of Officers; sometime Acting Captain and adjutant 2/15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Sometime attached 35th Sikhs. [1921] Archive.org.
** ''Handbook for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' by A E Barstow 2/11th Sikh Regiment (late 15th Ludhiana Sikhs) 1928. 1940 reprint of 1928 edition, is available to read on line on the [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=2673&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Panjab Digital Library].[https://archive.org/details/sikhs-handbook-for-indian-army/mode/2up Archive.org 1928 edition]
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92297/page/n3/mode/2up ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Pathans''] by Major R. T. I. Ridgway, 40th Pathans. 1910. Archive.org, mirror from Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499098 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Hindustan Musalmans and Musalmans of the Eastern Punjab''] by W. Fitz G. Bourne 1914 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.162536/mode/2up ''Indian Munitions Board : Industrial Handbook 1919''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetohindustan00rank/page/96 "Military Phrases"] page 96 ''A guide to Hindustani in Persian and Roman character : specially designed for the use of officers and men serving in India, including colloquial phrases, a collection of arzis, with transliteration and English translations'' by G S A Ranking Surg.-Lieut.-Col., Indian Medical Service. Fourth Edition, Revised and enlarged 1897, first published 1889. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/language-of-the-camp/mode/2up ''Dictionary: Language of the Camp. Army Hindustani and Other Soldier Slang''] by Charles Tustin Kamps 2022. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin_r2s8/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Defence of Duffer's Drift''] by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton with a foreword by Field Marshal Earl Wavell 1949 reprint, first published 1904. It is stated "Translated into Urdu for use of the Indian Army". [https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin/mode/2up 1986 edition] Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24842 Gutenberg.org 1905 USA edition] A book on small unit tactics. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_Duffer%27s_Drift Wikipedia article].
*Fiction
