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The Marginalization of a Dalit Martial Race in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Western India
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 March 2010
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Repeatedly in indian recruitment handbooks and army histories of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, self-sufficiency, physical and moral resilience, orderliness and hard work, fighting tenacity, and above all, a sense of courage and loyalty were the characteristics attributed to the Indian martial races. Thus Major-General George MacMunn wrote of the Sikhs:
As a fighting man his slow wit and dogged courage give him many of the characteristics of the British soldier at his best.
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