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100			_aGanachari, Arvind
245			_aFirst world war: purchasing Indian loyalities: imperial policy of recruitment and `rewards'
260			_c2005
300			_ap.779-88.
362			_a19 Feb
520			_aColonial policies of recruitment to the army underwent a drastic revision on the eve of the first world war. Not only were different regiments raised, with due consideration to caste, but favours and loyalities were liberally bestowed on willing Indians who helped with recruitment efforts. To placate the more aggressive nationalists, the British government also held out promises of reforms in government. At the same time, Indian political leaders, notably Tilak and Gandhi, were divided in their reactions to the imperial war efforts. - Reproduced.
650			_aRecruitment
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a64307
999			_c64307 _d64307