Karachi, 5, 22, 34, 36–7
Kashmir, 22, 236
Kenya, 105
Keren, 89, 106, 110, 148, 152
Kermanshah, 129
Khade-Makh, 71, 78
Khaisora, river, 38–9
Khan, Habib Ullah ‘Bulbul’, 145
Khanaqin, 128
Kharmakar, 30
Khartoum, 106
Khudai Khidmatgars (‘Servants of God’), 252
Khyber Pass, 32
Kipling, Rudyard, 27
Kirkuk, 99
Kodavas, 21, 69, 78, 89, 235
Kohat, 33, 65, 72–3
Kohima, battle of, 187–207, 210–12, 229, 235, 270–1
Königsbrück, 167
Kota Bahru, 45
Kurds, 99
Kurien, Verghese, 25–6, 64, 223, 229
Kurram, river, 71
Kut-al-Amara, 130
Lahore, 33
Lalitha, A., 254
Latifiya Camp, 100–2, 118, 126, 130–2
Lawrence, T. E., 126
Lear, Edward, 249
Lee-Grant tanks, 204, 215
Legion Freies Indien, 77, 167, 242
Lend-Lease materiel, 99
Libya, 43, 77, 99, 105, 133, 147
Lindbergh, Charles, 36
Linlithgow, Lord, 23–4, 36, 250
Lives of a Bengal Lancer, 82
Loktak Lake, 211
Loyola College, Madras, 16, 19, 185
Lushai Hills, 185
Madras, 16, 149, 152–3, 209, 231, 239
arrival of refugees, 52–3
bombing of, 266
and coming of war, 43, 55–6, 58–60
Congress ministry, 18–19
disturbances in, 76
evacuation of, 62–3
Madras Medical College, 52–3
Madras Presidency, 46–7, 258, 261
Mahabharata, 235
Mahars, 89, 257
Mahsuds, 32, 37
Majid, Lance-Naik Abdul, 197, 229
Malabar, 4–5, 7–8, 72, 84, 126, 158, 170
malaria, 70, 79, 88, 141, 156, 161, 209, 213
Malaya, 45, 48–9, 57, 141, 158, 262
Manchuria, 25
Mandalay, 46, 51, 140, 211
Manipur, 69, 185, see also Imphal
Manipur, river, 12, 211
2nd Field Company’s crossing of, 214–16
Mankekar, D. R., 271–2
Mansergh, Brigadier, 173
Maplah Colonisation Scheme, 7–8
Maplahs, 4, 7–8, 18, 150, 168
Maqbool (water carrier), 123
Marathas, 88, 107–8
Margil, 99, 128
Marrakesh, 228
Marshall, Keki, 3
‘martial races’, doctrine of, 21, 38, 88, 259–60
Masi, Budhu, 123
Massawa, 110, 152
Maungdaw, 174
Mayu hills, 143, 170, 174, 177–8, 182
Meiteis, 210–11
mepacrine, 161, 223
Mersa Matruh, 135, 265
Messervy, General Frank, 263
Mhow, 66, 73, 77
Miranshah, 29–31, 33, 37, 39, 40, 42, 72
Mitsubishi Zeros, 45–6, 51, 140–1
Mohammed, Naik Taj, 123–4
Moirand, 211
Monghyr, 76, 158, 162
Montgomery, General Bernard, 121–2, 124
Monywa, 52
Mormugao Bay, 267
Morrison, Ian, 236
Mosul, 99
Motishaw, Keki, 141, 145
motorcycles, 17–18
Mount Kennedy, 222–3
Mount Pulebadze, 188, 193
Mountbatten, Admiral Lord Louis, 156–7, 185, 269
MS Ehrenfels, 267
Mugaseth, Dhanjibhoy, 6–8, 84
Mugaseth, Godrej Khodad Mugaseth (Bobby)
and Arakan campaign, 170–82
army enlistment and training, 81–93
attends college in Madras, 16–19
attends Guindy College, 19, 25–6, 43, 47–8
and coming of war, 43–4, 47–8
and battle of Kohima, 190–5, 204–6
blows up elephant, 217–19
continuation training, 126–9
death, 221–5, 231
discharged back to brigade, 213
early years, 6–13
expeditions in Iraq, 129–31
nearly drowns in Calicut, 192
posted to Iraq, 97–104
reflects on war, 209–10, 217
returns to India, 147–55
sense of loyalty, 84
Mugaseth, Khodadad, 7–11, 19, 23, 64, 152–4, 220–2
Mugaseth, Khorshed (‘Kosh’), 10, 19, 22, 40, 47, 127, 145, 231
and Manek’s death, 152–4
Mugaseth, Kobad, 7–8, 26, 84, 168
Mugaseth, Nurgesh (‘Nugs’), 9–11, 19–22, 231, 243
and Bobby’s death, 221–2, 224–5
and coming of war, 50, 52–4, 61–2
her daughter, 152–4, 206, 220
and Ganny’s death, 93, 152–4
and Ganny’s war service, 69–74, 77–80
and Lakshmi’s broadcasts, 76–7
marriage, 65–6, 73
pregnancy, 71, 73
Mugaseth, Subur, 9–11, 19–22, 77–8, 56–7, 230
Mugaseth, Tehmina, 13, 78, 152–4
Mukundan, P., 18–19, 48, 127, 150–1, 223, 230
mules, 171, 179–80, 184, 192, 217, 263
Muslim League, 23, 234
Mussolini, Benito, 77, 105
Mutaguchi, General Renya, 176
Myitkyina, 140
Nadia, 76
Naf estuary, 174
Naga Hills, 194, 207, 210, 271
Naga tribes, 185, 188, 207–8, 210, 230
Nagpur, 150
Nagumo, Admiral, 60–1, 63
Nair, Sankaran, 16–17, 223–4, 230
Nand, Havildar Keshwa, 192
Napier, Colonel Arthur, 115, 160
Navsari, 250
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 24–5, 58, 157, 186, 230, 238–9, 255
and rehabilitation of INA, 241–2
Nevasa, 147, 158
Ngangyaung, 181
Nile, river, 32, 116, 130
Nilgiri Hills, 56, 59
Normandy, 210
North-East Frontier, 142
North-West Frontier Provinces, 29–32, 37, 39, 43, 46, 76, 82, 93, 141, 158, 237
Ogilvy Committee, 257
Ooty, 63
Operation Jericho, 175–7
Ordnance Corps, 64
Orissa, 76
Oriyas, 51, 89
Orwell, George, 49, 54
Oxford University, 10–11, 56
Paiforce (Persia and Iraq Force), 99, 101, 127–8, 134, 262
Pakistan, 228, 230, 236
Palel, 52
Palghat Gap, 72
Parachinar, 72
Parle Biscuits, 60
Parsi legends, 250
Parsis, 5, 18, 33, 78, 85, 151
and exogamy, 11, 255
and nationalist movement, 23, 250
refugees from Ctesiphon, 130–1
Parthasarathi, Gopalaswami (GP), 11, 20, 22, 56–7, 230
Pashtuns, 29–32, 38–40, 79, 251
Paul, Dr S., 47
Paulus, General von, 127
Payyanur, 8
Pearl Harbor, 45, 60
Penang, 45–6
Persia, 5, 84, 131, 149, 234, see also Paiforce
Persian Gulf, 49, 99
Peshawar, 8, 33, 37, 39, 47, 64, 70, 72
massacre at Qissa Khawani Bazaar, 252
Philippines, 45, 269
Poland, German invasion of, 23
Pope, Alexander, 11
Port Sudan, 101, 105
Potts, Captain, 115
Predator drones, 240
proscription bombing, 40
Punch, 58
Punjab, 31, 33, 73, 158, 236
Qattara De
pression, 116, 123
Queen Mary’s College, Madras, 19, 50, 58–9
Quetta Camp, 128
Quit India Movement, 74–6, 84, 165, 234
Radio Syonon, 76, 167
Rajagopalachari, C. (‘Rajaji’), 19, 56–7, 63, 76, 251, 258
Rajputana, 25, 147
Rajputs, 49, 70, 175–7, 190–4, 200, 203, 212
Ramgarh, 150
Randhir Singh, Maharaja, 34
Rangoon, 45–6, 50–1
Rann of Kutch, 7
Rayner, Lieutenant, 101
Razabil, 174, 177, 182
Reddy, O. Pulla, 59
Rehkat Chaung, 180
Reid, Lieutenant, 101
Research and Analysis Wing, 230
Ripon Building, 63
Risalpur, 252
Ritchie, General Neil, 112–13
Rommel, General Erwin, 111–13, 116, 122–4, 148, 265
Roorkee Cantonment, 83, 98, 103, 106, 126, 148, 160, 193, 209, 218
Bobby’s time at, 87–93
cinema, 81–2
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 54, 141
Royal Air Force, 18, 31–2, 34, 36–8, 76, 165, 200, 239, 242
Royal Army Medical Corps, 70
Royal Engineers Museum, 229
Royal Garhwal Rifles, 252
Royal Navy, 253
Russian roulette, 224
Ruweisat Ridge, 116, 118–19, 122, 152, 200
Safed Koh range, 72
Saigon, 239
St Thomason’s College, 258
Sakpal, Ramji, 260
Salem, 63
salt satyagraha, 8, 250, see also Gandhi, Mohandas K.
Samarra, 129
Sanchil, 107–8, 110
Sandhurst, 69, 86, 121
Sangshak, 187
Sanjan, 250
Sarna, Flying Officer, 139
Sassanid Empire, 130
Savoy Grenadiers, 107
Scott, Major A. E., 100–1, 115, 149
SEAC, 238, 240
Secunderabad, 47
Selkirk, Lieutenant, 109
Semarang, 239
Shah Pass, 129
Shah, Jemadar Nazir Hussain, 202
Sharif, Mohammed, 123
Sherman tanks, 127
Sherwood Foresters, 134
Singapore, 45, 49–50, 74, 116
Bose and the INA in, 76–7, 167
Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, 230
Fifth Indian Division in, 221, 227–8
Singh, Arjan, 38–9, 42, 229
Singh, Asanandan, 103–10, 114–15, 130, 148, 152, 195, 229
Singh, Gajinder, 141, 145
Singh, Gurbachan, 111–14, 116
Singh, Sapper Karam, 215–16
Singh, Sapper Santokh, 215–16
Sinzweya, 177
Slim, General Sir William, 156–8, 173–4, 180–1, 187, 189, 205, 211, 214, 238
South Indian Railway, 76
Soviet Union, 57, 76, 99, 129, 133, 216
German invasion of, 24, 31
Spitfires, 140
Stalingrad, 32, 99, 127, 167
Sudan, 105–6, 134
Sukarno, Achmad, 239
sulphonamide antibiotics, 257
Sulur airfield, 76
Surabaya, 221, 227–8, 239
Swaminathan, Lakshmi, 50, 54, 76–7, 168
Sydney, 239
Syria, 99, 239
Tabriz, 129
Tagore, Rabindranath, 254
Talcher, 76
Tamils, 20, 45–6, 51, 168
Tamluk, 76
Tata, J. R. D., 234, 250
Taungyup, 51
Tedder, Air Marshal Arthur, 252
Tehran, 128–9
Tehran Conference, 258
Telugus, 21, 251
Thailand–Burma railway, 168
Thal, 66, 71–2, 77–8, 93, 153, 257
Thimayya, Kodandera ‘Timmy’, 70, 231, 235
Thiyyas, 18
Tibet, 185
Tiddim Road, 211–12, 215, 218, 222, 224, 227
Tiger Moths, 34–6
Tigris, river, 100
Times, The, 56, 236
Tobruk, 74, 111, 116
Tochi, river, 30
Tochi Scouts, 30
‘Tokyo Rose’, 181
Tori, 158, 160, 179
Travancore, 150
Trincomalee, 61
Tunis, 148
U-boats, 23, 37
Ukrainians, 150
United Nations, 230
United Provinces, 167, 261
University Training Corps, 26, 47
Ur ziggurat, 129
Urdu, 82, 91, 102, 104, 127, 147, 191, 200
USAAF Tomahawks, 115
Vickers Valencias, 134
Victoria, Queen, 161
Diamond Jubilee, 84
Vilayat, Havildar Mohammad, 205
Vishnu, 24
Vizag, 61
Vultee Vengeance bombers, 177, 202
Walton airfield, 34
Warren, Brigadier ‘Daddy’, 189, 193, 214, 216–17
‘Watch and Ward’ strategy, 41
Wavell, General Archibald, 56, 235, 252, 268
Waziristan, 30, 36, 240
Weatherford, Teddy, 163
Wellington bombers, 120
West Kents, 174, 176, 190, 193, 196–200, 203
Westland Wapitis, 36, 38, 59
of IAF Volunteer Reserve, 60–1
Williams, Captain, 101–2
Wingate, Orde, 143, 155
Women’s Auxiliary Corps (Indian), 89
Women’s Christian College, 17
Wood, Sir Charles, 237
World Socialist Movement, 56
Wright, Lieutenant John Walker, 101–4, 111, 131, 152, 160, 166, 178, 180, 224
at Ruweisat Ridge, 117–25
awarded Military Cross, 229
and battle of Kohima, 190, 193, 196–206
commandeers horse, 172–3
and elephants, 213–14, 217–18
Wynaad Plateau, 5, 7
Yunnan, 69
Zagros Mountains, 128
Zamorin of Malabar, 4
Zarathustra, 220
Zenganbyin, 173
Zoroastrians, 130–1, see also Parsis
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