The role of religion in the Indian army in the great war
Indian soldiers on the western front: The role of religion in the Indian army in the great war December 2015 Religions of South Asia 9(1):43-63 DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v9i1.23964 Catherine Anne Robinson https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290251970_Indian_soldiers_on_the_western_front_The_role_of_religion_in_the_Indian_army_in_the_great_war This article illustrates the role of religion in the Indian Army of the Great War. It demonstrates the importance of religion in the martial race ideology that set forth British views on eligibility for military recruitment. It explains how an interpretation of the origins of the Mutiny underwrote preference for those peoples regarded as being less religious but made it necessary to enable soldiers to practise their faiths, even informing the conception of these races in British thinking. It also discusses what this meant in practice for Indian soldiers fighting on the Western Front and then for casualties taken to the Pavilion Hosp...