Chalke Talk

The podcast from the Chalke Valley History Festival
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Chalke Talks for SPEAKER: Yasmin Khan


  • 155. The Raj at War: A People’s History of India’s Second World War
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    The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. Yasmin Khan presents the overlooked history of India at war, and will show how mobilisation for the war unleashed seismic processes of economic, cultural and social change – decisively shaping the international […]

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