Summary of George Bruce's Six Battles for India

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#1 The British Empire was rising, and the forward policy ruled in India. General Sir Hugh Gough gave a ball at the military outpost of Ambala, northern India, on the night of the tenth of December, 1845. The music, the ritual, and the pleasure of such gatherings inevitably awoke memories of England.

#2 The British went to war with the Sikhs, five thousand miles from their homeland. They were led by good officers, and they believed themselves invincible. They knew that ex-officers of Napoleon’s Grand Army and American Colonel Alexander Gardner had trained the Sikh army to be a match for the British.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669398318

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Insights on George Bruce's Six Battles for India

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The British Empire was rising, and the forward policy ruled in India. General Sir Hugh Gough gave a ball at the military outpost of Ambala, northern India, on the night of the tenth of December, 1845. The music, the ritual, and the pleasure of such gatherings inevitably awoke memories of England.

#2

The British went to war with the Sikhs, five thousand miles from their homeland. They were led by good officers, and they believed themselves invincible. They knew that ex-officers of Napoleon’s Grand Army and American Colonel Alexander Gardner had trained the Sikh army to be a match for the British.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Punjab is a geographical entity that is often described as shaped like a triangle formed by the Indus River flowing first from south-east to north-west and then, changing course suddenly, from north-east to south-west to form two sides. The Sutlej River flowing almost from east to west forms the base.

#2

The Punjab, which borders India, was heavily forested up until the end of the sixteenth century. It was invaded by several different races over the centuries, and the land became a home for successive waves of invading Turks, Afghans, and Mongols.

#3

The Sikh religion was founded by Nanak, who was a disciple of the poet and mystic Kabir. He preached the new monotheistic doctrine of bhakti, based on the teachings of the eleventh-century Hindu saint Ramanuja.

#4

The sixth guru, Arjun, had broken with the Hindu and the Muslim, and he would not worship with the Hindu or the Muslim. He served the one Supreme Being, and he would not pray to idols nor say the Muslims prayer.

#5

Gobind Rai, the son of Guru Nanak, was the next guru. He was a priest and a scholar, and he never forgot that he was also a son with a father to avenge. He stamped Sikhism with his personality and beliefs.

#6

The Sikhs were a military society based on religion, and they were led by Banda, who launched a great uprising against the Mughal government. They took control of northern India, and the Mughal governor of Sirhind was killed.

#7

The first sign of the break-up of the Mughal Empire came in 1738, when the

Reviews for Summary of George Bruce's Six Battles for India

[Ian Holloway · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This review is a really good idea, but poorly executed. In some places, the narrative is incoherent. This is sometimes a result of sloppy grammar, but sometimes, it would appear from enthnographic bias. The author of this summary writes about Indian troops, where all the troops were from the subcontinent ! The East India Company does not get much of a mention. Some random phrases (such as "The British sent supplies to the troops in America but the troops ate them raw" adds to the mystery. The author writes of British aggression, where it is far from clear from the narrative, that it was not the Sikhs being aggressive.