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 Diane Camurat. The American Indian in the Great War, Real and Imagined. Part Two, Chapter Two.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
All registered male Indians who were citizens, not alien enemies, or who had declared their intention to become citizens, and who were between ages 21 and 30, both inclusive, were eligible for the draft.
One of the biggest contradictions of the participation of American Indians in WWI is the fact that many of them volunteered out of patriotism for a country which their forefathers had fought against only three decades earlier.
Other Indians were therefore assigned to transmitting messages and they agreed on a code for translating military terms that did not exist in their languages­artillery was called a "Big Gun," a machine gun became a "Little gun shoot fast," the battalions were designated by one, two, or three grains of corn.
www.library.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/Cmrts/Cmrt6.html   (7402 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - India - The Indian Military under the British Raj - Post-Sepoy Rebellion Reorganization | Indian ...
In 1861 the Bengal Army was disbanded, and the total number of sepoys was reduced from 230,000 to 150,000 while the British element was increased from 40,000 to 75,000.
Under the aegis of the imperial "divide and rule" policy, which had its inception at this time, the British ensured that a sense of nationality would not be allowed to develop among the sepoys.
Accordingly, Indian regiments increasingly were organized on a territorial basis; individual companies--and in some cases entire regiments--were drawn from the same religious, tribal, or caste backgrounds.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/india/india185.html   (308 words)

  
 The Legacy Project: Legacy Events Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
With the decision by Britain to withdraw from the Indian subcontinent, the Congress Party and Muslim League agreed in June 1947 to a partition of India along religious lines.
Under the provisions of the Indian Independence Act, India and Pakistan were established as independent dominions with predominantly Hindu areas allocated to India and predominantly Muslim areas to Pakistan.
The central and eastern areas of the state came under Indian administration as Jammu and Kashmir state, while the northwestern quarter came under Pakistani control as Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas.
www.legacy-project.org /events/display.html?ID=10   (506 words)

  
 US Indian Wars uniforms, 19th century military uniform items.
US Indian Wars uniforms, 19th century military uniform items.
We also have Mexican War, Indian War and Spanish American War (Span-Am) uniforms available; as well as information about World War One uniforms.
Ladies Indian Wars clothing / Old West clothing items include: day, ball, bustle and visiting dresses, riding habits, skirts, bodices, blouses, vests, capes, corsets, camisoles, chemises, bloomers, drawers, hoops, bustles, slips, stockings, hats (including: bonnets, pill box caps and a variety of other hats and caps), hat pins, and shoes (button-up and lace-up).
www.ushist.com /uniforms_indian-wars_us.htm   (628 words)

  
 Resource site for everything to do with Air Class First India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A collection of unofficial sites relating to the Indian military.
Photo gallery containing mostly commercial airliners but also some military planes
News, scores, schedules, and photographs for the Indian team's tour of Pakistan.
india.researcheasy.com /airclassfirstindia   (551 words)

  
 Adherents.com
When India became independent in 1947 the Nagas proclaimed their own independence but was, despite this, incorporated into India.
Nagaland is still a part if India, much because of a massive presence of Indian military in Nagaland.
Man, Myth and Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol.
www.adherents.com /Na/Na_459.html   (3443 words)

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