Follow the record and its limits
Recruitment, war and colonial control
Read five connected histories through recruitment analysis, training records, wartime correspondence, an admission dispute and dated Lahore orders.
5 entries · 11 min reading, calculated from article text
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Your reading goal
Distinguish an official prescription, a reported experience, an author’s analysis and a later act of remembrance.
- 01History · 2 min read
Colonial military recruitment in Punjab
Colonial military recruitment linked Punjab to employment, political relationships and training institutions, as shown by records and historical analysis.
- 02History · 2 min read
Punjabi soldiers in the First World War
Read Punjabi wartime service through a named military citation, hospital regulation and letters home, keeping later commemoration distinct from the events.
- 03History · 3 min read
Punjabi soldiers in the Second World War
Punjabi-connected soldiers served in varied roles during the Second World War. Transport records and family correspondence reveal different experiences.
- 04History · 2 min read
The Komagata Maru incident
Read the Komagata Maru admission dispute through a court appeal and a separate policy study, distinguishing exclusion orders from an abandoned testing plan.
- 05History · 2 min read
Martial law in Punjab in 1919
Martial law in parts of Punjab in 1919 can be studied through dated Lahore orders and later debates over compensation.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?