Background
David Omissi was born in 1960, in the United Kingdom.
Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
David Omissi talks about the role of the Indian army at the University of Hull.
David Omissi and Dominic Rai at BookFest Windsor.
(This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twen...)
This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twenty years, and the only one based on extensive archival research. The Indian Army conquered India for the British, and protected the Raj against its enemies within and without. In this evocative and compassionate work, David Omissi examines the origins, motives and protests of the several million Indian peasant- soldiers who served the colonial power.
https://www.amazon.com/Sepoy-Raj-1860-1940-Military-Strategic-dp-0333729765/dp/0333729765/?tag=2022091-20
1994
(Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This ...)
Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This book is a selection of their letters. By turns poignant, funny, and almost unbearably moving, these documents vividly evoke the world of the Western Front - as seen through 'subaltern' Indian eyes. The letters also bear eloquent witness to the sepoys' often unsettling encounter with Europe, and with European culture. This book helps to map the imaginative landscape of South Asia's warrior-peasant communities.
https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Voices-Great-War-Soldiers/dp/0333751450/?tag=2022091-20
1999
David Omissi was born in 1960, in the United Kingdom.
David Omissi serves as a senior lecturer in modern history at the University of Hull. He is delivering lectures on such topics as the Indian Army from the 1740s to the 1980s and the British Empire from the 1850s to the 1970s. Omissi published his first book, Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force, 1919-1939, in 1990. He also wrote such books as The Sepoy and the Raj: The Indian Army, 1860–1940 and Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-18. He also was a co-editor of the book The Impact of the South African War. Omissi has published acclaimed papers in The English Historical Review and A Military History of India and South Asia."
(This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twen...)
1994(Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This ...)
1999David Omissi's research interests include the history of aviation, British and French decolonization and the modern Middle East.