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IMPERIAL KHAKI

INDIA'S FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN

AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE

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Mar 181 min read

Defeat into victory: The Indian Army's greatest lesson in Burma

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Mar 11 min read

On 25 October 1944 the Imperial Japanese Navy's Zuikaku was sunk; on 4 March 1961, INS Vikrant became Asia's next aircraft carrier

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Feb 221 min read

Lucknow 1857: The Indians fought so hard, British officers and soldiers were awarded 24 Victoria Crosses in a day

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Feb 201 min read

Kukri: A knife that tells the story of India's and Nepal's soldiers

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Feb 191 min read

From 1776 to 2026 India's oldest armoured regiment has ridden through history

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Feb 11 min read

From HMIS Delhi to INS Delhi: The ship that sailed the Indian Navy from the past into the present

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Feb 11 min read

The first ever RAF Air Show in India was in February 1927; a month later it was recommended that Indian officer cadets should be trained at RAF Cranwell

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Jan 251 min read

26 January 1950: India's first Republic Day parade was very different, but the regiments that marched then, march on

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Jan 251 min read

El Alamein, Tobruk, Tunisia: Indians fought the Italians, the Germans and the elements in the North African desert

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Jan 181 min read

The 6-month siege of Jellalabad: Afghans outside, British & Indian courage inside

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Jan 181 min read

Malaya Command: Where Indian officers and soldiers learnt that their British commanders weren't invincible

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Jan 111 min read

How Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw became Sam Bahadur

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Dec 31, 20251 min read

The first INS Rajput: Her tryst with destiny was in 1971

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Dec 31, 20251 min read

The Gurkhas: Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous

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Dec 20, 20251 min read

No.7 Squadron of the Indian Air Force: Born from No.353 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, over the jungles of Burma

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Dec 18, 20251 min read

The Tiger of Mysore and his great-great-great-granddaughter

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Dec 14, 20251 min read

The Madras Sappers And Miners: Over 200 years of brains, muscle, skill and courage

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Dec 13, 20251 min read

Over 160,000 Indian names are carved on Commonwealth War Graves and Memorials in Europe, Africa and Asia

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Dec 9, 20251 min read

The first Indians who went into combat in World War Two were the Royal Indian Army Service Corps' muleteers, at Dunkirk

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Dec 7, 20251 min read

Garhwalis on the battlefields of France in World War One

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