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University Press of America Between Two Worlds A Rajput Officer in the Indian Army 1905-21 Based on the Diary of Amar Singh of Jaipur by DeWitt C. Ellinwood
Between Two Worlds: A Rajput Officer in the Indian Army, 1905-21 describes two societies in early twentieth century colonial India- the British governmental and military society and the regional Rajasthan aristocracy. The book portrays life in the peacetime cantonments of Mhow (1906-14) and New Delhi (1918-19), on the Western and Mesopotamian fronts of World War One, and on the Northwest Frontier (1919-21) during the Pathan uprising. The story is tied together by the pioneering experiences of Captain (later Major-General) Amar Singh, an aristocrat of Jaipur state. Singh's personal story, revealed through the diary that he kept throughout his adult life, details Indo-British cultural collaboration. Amar Singh was, unwittingly, an excellent ethnographer of Rajput society, extensively recording family tensions, marriages, estate development, and the decadent lives of Rajput princes. Singh, in 1905, was among the first Indians given an officers' commission in the British Indian Army. However, it was not until 1917 that he received his full officer commission._x000D_ Table of contents : - _x000D_
Chapter 1 List of Maps Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction: Contexts and Concepts Chapter 5 An Indian Officer of Uncertain Position: The Initiation, 1905 Chapter 6 Setting the Patterns of Dual Life, 1905 Chapter 7 Marking Time in the Military: The Mhow Cantonment, 1906-1914 Chapter 8 Qualities of Life in Mhow and Indore Chapter 9 Where the Heart Was: Jaipur, Kanota, and the Company of Rajputs, 1906-14 Chapter 10 State and Estate, 1906-14: Dealing with the Maharaja's Government; Developing the Thikana Chapter 11 Swept Up in the Great War: The Western Front 1914-15 Chapter 12 Wartime Experienc3es outside Europe; British Policy and New Commissions, 1915-18 Chapter 13 A Regimental Officer: The New Delhi Cantonment and the Northwest Frontier, 1918-21 Chapter 14 The Solace of Home, Princely Changes, and the Continuity of Rajput Life, 1916-21 Chapter 15 A Dramatic Change: Princely Adoption and Change in Family Fortunes, 1921 Chapter 16 Perspectives and Epilogue Chapter 17 Appendices Chapter 18 Glossary Chapter 19 Bibliography Chapter 20 Biographical Sketch of the Author Chapter 21 Index_x000D_