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The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War book cover

1st Edition

The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919 A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War

Edited By Jangkhomang Guite, Thongkholal Haokip Copyright 2019
324 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

324 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

324 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India
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This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It underlines how of the three-year war (1917–1919), spanning over 6,000 square miles, is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. The essays in the volume examine several aspects of the war, which had far-reaching consequences for the... Read more

Introduction

Jangkhomang Guite and Thongkholal Haokip

Part I: Understanding the Anglo-Kuki War

1. ‘Fighting the White Men till the Last Bullet’: General Course of the Anglo-Kuki War Jangkhomang Guite

2. The ‘Haka Uprising’ in Chin Hills, 1917-1918

Pum Khan Pau

Part II: Tactics, Technology and Symbols

3. Breaking the Spirit of the Kukis: Launching the ‘Largest Series of Military Operations’ in the Northeastern Frontier of India

Thongkholal Haokip

4. ‘These Crafty Jungle Fighters’: Tactics, Technology and Symbols of Kuki War

D. Letkhojam Haokip

Part III: Ideas, Ideology and Institutions

5. Patriots and Utilitarian in Anglo-Kuki War: The Case of Southern Manipur, 1917-1919

David Vumlallian Zou

6. ‘As Men of One Country’: Rethinking the History of Anglo-Kuki War

Ningmuanching

7. ‘Speak as One Free Nation’: Significance of Kuki War Council

Sonthang Haokip

8. Revisiting the ‘Military’: Role of Som Institution in Anglo-Kuki War

Ngamjahao Kipgen

Part IV: Women and the War

9. Aphonic Partners of War: Role of Kuki Women in Anglo-Kuki War

Hoipi Haokip and Arfina Haokip

10. Her-story in History: Women’s Role in the Anglo-Kuki War

Hoineilhing Sitlhou

Part V: Trial and Tribulation

11. Keeping Them under Control: Impact of Anglo-Kuki War

Seikhohao Kipgen

Biography

Jangkhomang Guite is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has specialised on the history of the tribes in Northeast India, and has published good number of scholarly articles in both national and international journals, and in edited volumes.

Thongkholal Haokip is Assistant Professor at Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was formerly with the Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has authored India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast (2015), and edited The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture (2013). Dr Haokip is the editor of Journal of North East India Studies and Executive Editor of Asian Ethnicity.

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