Pre-1900 Indian military photographs.. We saw numerous pics of 1900-1947, though their are very few pics are there of those British-Bharatiya Jawans back in 1800-1900s who died for the Queen and the Crown and later lost in the pages of History , i believe their are many pics which are yet to be posted over net specially for Indian Members, Here some i got from Some early pics of 2nd Afghan War 1878 to 1881 and later ones.. :
Five Indian soldiers near Miranshah, Tochi Valley, Waziristan, 1898 Indian soldiers of the 37th Dogras on mules at Idak, Tochi Valley, Waziristan, 1896 Military encampment in the Tochi Valley, Waziristan, 1898 Indian soldiers and elephants, Multan, 1898 British and Indian soldiers with elephants, Multan, 1899 Military encampment in the Tochi Valley, Waziristan, 1898 Military marching band with bagpipes and drums, Tochi Valley, Waziristan, 1898 Indian soldiers at Tochi Valley, Waziristan, 1898 37th Dogras Northwest Frontier Colonial India photograph album - Special Collections, UW Libraries
British indian army at Rawalpindi 1900 Sikh regiment,Tienstin,China,1900 Bombay engineering group Indian army,grant trunk road Bikaneer state army
Head protection with turban Comparison of the impact protection properties of Sikh turbans and industrial safety helmets 10.1016/0376-6349(87)90024-1 : Journal of Occupational Accidents | ScienceDirect.com
No other protection than the turban http://www.boss-uk.org/articles/pdf/no_other_protection_but_the_turban.pdf
Hail the Indian Main Battle Tank of the yester-years! These soldiers are very tall. At first glance I thought they must be from the Sikh Light Infantry, but I see they are shaven; perhaps they are Dogras?
The Taliban took over Afghanistan wearing similar turbans. If not a helmet, I might as well wear a turban; at least that thick layer of cloth will protect me and cushion my skull from trauma.
