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Coffee Table Books on the Indian Army

If clothes make a man, the uniform most definitely makes the army man! What would look like random brass and colour to the uninitiated is, in fact, like an address and introduction to a person who can read the signs. Just by looking at the uniform you can tell a soldier's unit, corps, and rank, and his medals will even tell you where and how long he has served his country!

This book illustrates and explains the distinctive styles and the innumerable uniforms, from the hardy, functional fatigues worn in combat to the high-maintenance, not-so-maneuverable ceremonial uniforms of the Indian Army.

Steel Within, Splendour Outside

(Uniforms of the Indian Army)

11”x11” open

200 pages

600 visuals

Soft bound

ISBN 9788190708456

In the hottest spots, with the answers

11”x11” closed

200 pages

Soft bound

Single colour

100 visuals

including illustrations and rare, never-published-before photographs.

ISBN 9788190708463

Tossing the Viceregal coach back into Raisina Hill

“The first Commandant of the PBG of independent India was Colonel Thakur Govind Singh and the Adjutant was Sahibzada Yakub Khan who went on to become Pakistan's foreign minister. After partition, the PBG was also divided. When the turn of the gold plated Viceregal buggy came, both India and Pakistan wanted it. Colonel Thakur Govind Singh and Sahibzada Yakub Khan tossed a coin and India got the buggy.”

11”x11” closed

200 pages

300 visuals, some never seen before

Hardbound

ISBN 9788190708432

Pomp and circumstance

The President’s Body Guard

This first ever Coffee Table Book on RVC highlights the transition and growth of the Corps from a Stud Department 230 years ago, to the professional veterinary service organization it is today, respected as much for its scientific temper as for its military orientation. The book highlights a multifaceted portfolio covering breeding, rearing, training, handling, disease control and management of equines and canines; basic military and technical training of Officers and recruits; veterinary training of all ranks of the Indian Army and representatives of Paramilitary Forces, Civil Establishments and Friendly Foreign countries.

The phenomenal achievements of the Corps in CI Ops, applied research, peace keeping missions, aid to civil and relief operations are also highlighted. In covering this wide canvas, the book brings to the fore two very important developments which occurred during the recent past, namely, the emergence of canine power and the focus on animal transport in mountainous terrain. It shows how veterinary officers, ably assisted by trained technicians and animal handlers, have transformed the Corps into one of the most respected and professional service wings of the Indian Army. “Vets in Olive Green” is a tribute to their team effort.

Vets in Olive Green

Kelly’s Heroes

1 Mall Road

Swords and Shield

The Making of a Cavalier

11”x11” closed

212 pages

Over 600 colour illustrations

Hardback

Message from the President of India

Message from Chief of the Army Staff

English edition ISBN 9788190708418

Hindi edition ISBN 9788190708425

2093 DN is a nostalgic account of one of the most famous trains of British India - The Frontier Mail. The book is divided into 2 distinct parts: Part 1 celebrates the golden era of train travel in India through information, first person accounts, photographs and sketches of the obvious and subtle aspects of a train and a journey that captured the attention of it’s generation and caught the fancy of the British Parliament and editors of The Times, London.

The Frontier Mail started in 1928 as a service between Bombay and Peshawar via Ratlam, Delhi, Amritsar and Lahore. It terminated at Amritsar after partition and was rechristened the Golden Temple Mail in 1996. And here lies the justification for 2904 UP - Part 2 of the book. 2904 UP is a Super Fast but no longer the fastest train in India and the journey no longer armchair travel. But the landscape has changed. Drastically. Lazy towns have been replaced by hectic industrialization and steam power has been substituted by nuclear power. Impressive malls have replaced wayside chai ka dabas. And dust tracks by expressways. But that’s not where the comparison ends……The book allows the reader to wander. You can be the quintessential brown sahib or if you are in a hurry and impatient, like many of us today, it allows you to reinvent yourself in the context of modern India.

11”x11” closed

160 pages

Dual cover

Over 300 visuals including charcoal sketches,

colour paintings, original photographs

Hard bound

ISBN 9878190708449

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