You can't properly understand WW1 without the context of Empire. In turn, WW1 tells us so much about imperialism in the 20th century. These records of 320k troops from Punjab will help shed new light on these often misunderstood & overlooked connections. Tweet added by Edward Anderson @edanderson101

Edward Anderson

3 years

You can't properly understand WW1 without the context of Empire. In turn, WW1 tells us so much about imperialism in the 20th century. These records of 320k troops from Punjab will help shed new light on these often misunderstood & overlooked connections.

Records of 320,000 Punjab soldiers from first world war uncovered

Military files of Indian troops left unread in Pakistan museum for 97 years go online

www.theguardian.com

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Edward Anderson

@edanderson101

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Bravo to @amanmadra , @GavinRand , and all the others involved in this project. Really excellent work: I'll certainly be sharing this archive with my students and I'm sure it'll be part of many fascinating projects in years to come.

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Jyoti

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@edanderson101 I had the privilege of using these records a few days ago via @TejpalRalmill to find information on 2 of my great grandfathers who served in WW1 in the Middle East & NW Frontier. It is a wonderful resource for those of us with little knowledge of this generation of our families.

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