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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126753 ''The Untold Story''] by B M Kaul [Brij Mohan] 1967. Archive.org, , Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.126753/2015.126753.The-Untold-Story#page/n21 Page 16], he applies to join the Indian Army and is selected to go to train at Sandhurst where he passed out in July 1933. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brij_Mohan_Kaul Brij Mohan Kaul] He became Chief of General Staff (CoGS) in the Indian Army.
*[https://archive.org/details/1950-while-memory-serves-by-tuker/mode/2up ''While Memory Serves''] by Lieut.-General Sir Francis Tuker. Digital reprint edition reproduced by Sani H Panhwar, originally published 1950. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.525048/page/n7/mode/2up Original edition] Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Covers the two years 1946 and 1947, "told by one who watched events from the Headquarters of Eastern Command" of the Indian Army, (he was G.O.C. in C.), including riots and bloodshed in Calcutta, the Punjab and elsewhere.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276895/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Pattern Of War''] by Lieut. General Sir Francis Tucker 1948 Archive.org.
*''The Travels of Risaldar Shahzad Mir Khan'' of the 11th K E O Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), who enlisted 14th February 1882, died 1924. Translated extracts from his autobiography ''Shah Safar Sair-i-Dunya'', in Urdu, official text-book for the elementary Urdu examination. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n345/mode/2up '''Part I'''] includes the Herat Boundary Commission under General Lumsden in 1885, page 326-340 and [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n569/mode/2up '''Part II'''], Journey to Tibet and China, with Capt. M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1895-1896, pages 543-553 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 62, 1932'' Archive.org; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n121/mode/2up '''Part III'''] Africa with Captain Wellby in 1898-99, pages 114-122; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n211/mode/2up '''Part IV'''] England, pages 204-214. ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 63, 1933'' Archive.org. (Captain Wellby wrote two books about these expeditions, see [[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers]]). Published later as ''The life & adventures of K.B. Risaldar Shahzad Mir : O.B.I. (1863-1924) : 11th (K.E.O.), Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse)'' with the contents given in this [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6491400 catalogue entry] (nla.gov.au).
*[https://archive.org/stream/illustratednava05unkngoog#page/n143/mode/2up "Indian Life: The Cantonment Magistrate"] by Major-General de Berry, page 120 ''The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine, Volume 8, 1888''. Archive.org. The Cantonment Magistrate was invariably a military officer of one of the Indian Staff Corps.
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