TY - BOOK ID - 77879527 TI - The garrison state PY - 2005 SN - 9352800923 1282424874 9786612424878 8132103475 9788132103479 9789352800926 0761933360 9780761933366 PB - New Delhi Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage DB - UniCat KW - Punjab (India) KW - India KW - Great Britain KW - Panjab (India) KW - Pañjāba (India) KW - Пенджаб (India) KW - East Punjab (India) KW - Patiala and East Punjab States Union (India) KW - History KW - Colonies KW - Administration UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77879527 AB - 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 province`s 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. This led to the emergence of a uniquely civil-military regime, a phenomenon that was not replicated anywhere e ER -