Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 113-126
Keywords:
Great Britain.
;
Bene-Israel
;
Jews History
;
Jewish soldiers
Abstract:
This chapter explores the role India’s Jews played in the armies of the British Raj and subsequently in the armed forces of independent India. By the late nineteenth century, soldiery was one of Bene Israel’s primary occupations but of no other Jewish group at the time. With World War I, other Jewish groups in India began to enlist, and this tradition became even stronger after India's independence. The chapter also investigates the barriers against this service and the achievements in this field Jews have had nonetheless.
DOI:
10.1017/9781009162609.008
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