The Anglo-kuki War, 1917?919 ― A Frontier Uprising Against Imperialism During First World War [ First World War Instead of World War I ]

This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It underlines how of the three-year war (1917–1919), spanning over 6,000 square miles, is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. The essays in the volume examine several aspects of the war, which had far-reaching consequences for the indigenous population as well as for British attitudes and policy towards the region – including military strategy and tactics, violence, politics, identity, institutions, gender, culture, and the frontier dimensions of the First World War itself. The volume also looks at how the conflict affected the larger dynamics of the region within Asia, and its relevance in world politics beyond the Great War.

Drawing on archival sources, extensive fieldwork and oral histories, the volume will be a significant contribution to comprehending the complex geopolitics of the region. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South and Southeast Asian Studies, area studies, modern history, military and strategic studies, insurgency and counterinsurgency studies, tribal warfare and politics.

Jangkhomang Guite is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has specialised on the history of the tribes in Northeast India, and has published good number of scholarly articles in both national and international journals, and in edited volumes.

Thongkholal Haokip is Assistant Professor at Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was formerly with the Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has authored India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast (2015), and edited The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture (2013). Dr Haokip is the editor of Journal of North East India Studies and Executive Editor of Asian Ethnicity.