indians

Mahila Samaj

1970 –

This essay written by Jacqueline Leckie was first published in Women Together: a History of Women's Organisations in New Zealand in 1993.

Mahila Samaj is a broad term which can refer to any Indian women's organisation.

Australian and Indian troops at Anzac Cove

Australian and Indian troops at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915

Map of British India in 1914

Map of British India at the time it entered the First World War

Indian cavalry

Indian cavalry of the 9th Hodson's Horse pause to consult a map near Vraignes in northern France, April 1917.

Indian soldiers in Belgium

Indian VCOs and other ranks of the 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis take aim in trenches on the outskirts of Wytschaete in Belgium, October 1914.

Indian lancers enter Haifa

Indian cavalry of the Jodhpore and Mysore Lancers, 16th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade passing through Haifa follow the city's capture from Ottoman forces, September 1918.