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==Also see==*[[North West Frontier Campaigns#Individual accounts|North West Frontier Campaigns-Individual accounts]]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.
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Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914–1983) was an English officer in the Indian Army from 1934, with 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.
His 1954 novel Bhowani Junction autobiography ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography'' was made into published in 1956 and has since been republished under slightly different titles as ''Bugles and a successful filmTiger'', starring Ava Gardner''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 geographic location second volume of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi, but his autobiography ''Road Past Mandalay'' deals mostly with the film was shot Burma campaign in Lahorethe Second World War. Both volumes are available online, refer below.
==External links==
* 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 Booksbooks===
====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.
*[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''] 19541971. 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====
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://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. [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.
*[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.
