Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment

by Joyce Chapman Lebra and Joyce Lebra

This is a ground-breaking history of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, part of the Indian National Army led by Bengali revolutionary Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II. The Regiment, a hitherto forgotten part of "the Forgotten Army", was composed largely of teenage volunteers from Malayan rubber estates, girls who had never seen India yet were eager to enlist to liberate India from colonial bondage. Bose, creator of the Regiment, connected a historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812308091
• ISBN13: 9789812308092
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"