History of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, 1820–1956

The definitive regimental history of the Jammu & Kashmir Rifles and the State Forces from which it descends. Beginning with the origin of the Jammu Army and its early exploits — and the raising of the Dogra corps under Maharaja Gulab Singh around 1820–21 — the book traces the founding of the Jammu & Kashmir State and its Imperial Service Troops, and follows the force across more than a century of service:

• Campaigns on the North-West Frontier and the Second Afghan War
• Service in the First World War (East Africa)
• The Second World War (Eritrea, PAIFORCE and Burma)
• Post-war operations and integration with the Indian Army, through 1956

Drawing on records, regimental sources and the author's own service background, it remains the standard reference on the regiment's lineage and battle honours. Illustrated with maps and colour and black-and-white plates.

Bibliographic details. First edition — Lancer International, New Delhi, 1990 (a 1991 printing is also recorded). Quarto (4to); xxv + 323 pp., with colour and black-and-white plates and maps, bound in original laminated pictorial boards. ISBN 81-7062-091-0 (978-81-7062-091-4) · LCCN 90901683 · OCLC 21760758. Catalogued under History / Asia / South.

• The State Force Background and the raising of the Dogra Corps
• Expansion under the Maharajas of Jammu & Kashmir
• The North-West Frontier and the Second Afghan War
• The First World War — service in East Africa
• Between the Wars
• The Second World War — Eritrea, PAIFORCE and Burma
• Towards Independence and integration with the Indian Army (to 1956)
• Appendices: battle honours, rolls and plates

(Chapter listing summarised from catalogue descriptions; see the book for the full table of contents.)

Catalogued and held as a standard reference work on the regiment by major institutions, including the University of Michigan, the National Library of Australia and the Imperial War Museums.

Cited as a primary source in the Vivekananda International Foundation's regimental history and in reference articles on the Jammu & Kashmir Rifles.