The Garrison State: Military, Government and Society in Colonial Punjab, 1849-1947

Following the Mutiny of 1857, various factors impelled the British to turn to the province of Punjab in north-western India as the principal recruiting ground for the Indian Army. This book examines the processes by which the politics and political economy of colonial Punjab was militarised by the provincès position as the 'sword arm' of the Raj.

The militarisation of the administration in the Punjab was characterised by a conjunction of the military, civil and political authorities. T…