No officers, no equipment, no money – or, how the Indian army had to be built

SOURCE: SCROLL The commander-in-chief, General Robert Cassels, produced a plan that he hoped would mitigate the challenge posed by the growing number of Indian officers. His solution was to fix a high ratio of British to Indian officers in the army and plan accordingly for recruitment. Any further acceleration of Indianisation, he warned the viceroy, […]

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