
The Indian Contingent
The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of the Battle of Dunkirk
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Yohan Chacko
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Ghee Bowman
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The incredible untold story of the Indian soldiers at Dunkirk. On 28 May 1940, in the early days of the Second World War, Major Akbar Khan marched at the head of 299 soldiers along a beach in Northern France. They were the only Indians in the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk. With Stuka sirens wailing, shells falling in the water and Tommies lining up to be evacuated, these soldiers of the British Indian Army, carrying their disabled imam, found their way to the East Mole and embarked for England in the dead of night. On reaching Dover, they borrowed brass trays and started playing Punjabi folk music, upon which even ‘many British spectators joined in the dance’.
What journey had brought these men to Europe? What became of them and their comrades captured by the Germans?
With the engaging style of a true storyteller, Ghee Bowman reveals for the first time the astonishing story of the Indian contingent–the Muslim soldiers who fought in the pivotal Battle of Dunkirk–from their arrival in France on 26 December 1939 to their return to an India on the verge of Partition.
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Great book that I first read on Kindle. The narrator of this audiobook is surprisingly very good. He is very suitable for books on Indian history, and would perhaps be a great and suitable narrator for the following fascinating books that haven't yet been recorded as audiobooks, except the last one whose existing narration is quite poor.
1. India, Empire, and First World War Culture: Writings, Images, and Songs by Santanu Das
2. The Spoils of Partition. Bengal and India 1947-1967 by Joya Chatterji
3. Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji
4. The Blood Telegram by Gary J. Bass
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6. India's War by Srinath Raghavan
7. Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire by Janam Mukherjee
8. Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
I hope Audible makes audio versions of these precious books, soon.
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