Uninvited Guests: How Indian Prisoners Of War Lived In Italian Prison Camps During The Second World War
My interest in the Indian Prisoners of War (PoWs) held captive in Italy during the Second World War was aroused...
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Man Behind the Legend: Baba Mehar Singh
I learned about ‘Baba’ Mehar Singh while researching an article about my uncle who flew Hurricanes in Burma. He was...
A Beginner’s Guide to Electronic Voting and Fair Elections
Voting is an important part of our political landscape but while most people are galvanized to participate in elections, they...
Many Faces of Subedar Khudadad VC
At the beginning of the First World War, casualties from the First Battle of Ypres in Belgium were arriving in...
The Case for Electronic Voting
Automation, along with efficiency, has become the key to successfully execute any large venture. Automation allows machines to complete mundane,...
Early Years of the ISI
Within the multitude of problems faced by Pakistan’s civil and military leadership at Independence, one of the most pressing was...
The Prince and the Spy
In the burning desert sun, Capt Hissam stands exhausted and powerless. “Butta giù le tue pistole. ,”...
From a Family of Warriors – II
BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID
From a Family of Warriors – I
BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID
Death of Captain John Anderson, Bengal Artillery
BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID
Military Art and the British India Army
BY MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID
Aspiring for the Indian Political Service
MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID REFLECTS ON AN UNSUCCESSFUL 1938 ATTEMPT BY HIS FATHER
From Maiwand to El Alamein
MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID ON THE NORTH AFRICAN BATTLE EXPERIENCES AND LATER LIFE OF COL. SARDAR AFZAL KHAN, MC
‘General Tariq’ and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case – IV
MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE CONSPIRACY UNFOLDED IN 1951 – AND THE ROLE OF...
‘General Tariq’ and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case – III
MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID ON THE EARLY STAGES OF AKBAR KHAN’S PLOTTING AS THE 1951 RAWALPINDI CONSPIRACY DEVELOPED
General Tariq and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case
Major General Syed Ali Hamid lays out the backdrop: Akbar Khan’s experiences of the Second World War
Calling in the Big Guns: Ranjit Singh’s Topkhana – III
Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the wily Maharaja’s successful efforts to provide the Khalsa Fauj with artillery that rivaled...
Calling in the Big Guns: Ranjit Singh’s Topkhana – II
Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the wily Maharaja’s successful efforts to provide the Khalsa Fauj with artillery that rivaled...
My Comrade in Arms
Major General Syed Ali Hamid remembers his friend Capt. Syed Hassan Zaheer (Sitara-e-Jurat), who fell in battle in 1971
Baron’s Breakthrough
Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the baron who found his way through the Qattara Depression
Remembering Colonel Abdul Qayyum
Major General Syed Ali Hamid tells the story of one man’s pledge of allegiance, which held firm through a bitter...
Rat Hunt in Burma
Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the tough fighting against the Empire of Japan in which Capt. Ajaib Khan secured...
The Dark Side of Recruitment from Punjab
Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the almost unbearable strain on Punjab’s social fabric during World War I
Safe Conduct – II
Major General Syed Ali Hamid shares an anecdote of how Syed Wazir Ali the coffee shop wallah repaid his British...
Safe Conduct for Wazir Ali
Major General Syed Ali Hamid shares an anecdote where British troops rescue Syed Wazir Ali the coffee shop wallah
Revisiting the Great Arc of the Meridian
Major General Syed Ali Hamid on the teams of enterprising surveyors who helped map out South Asia
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