Nizaam-I-Bhopal: Militaries of Bhopal State - A Historical Review

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Glossary of Military Terms Used. Rulers of The State of Bhopal. 1.  Bhopal. 2.  Dost Mohammad Khan Founder of The Bhopal State and Dynasty. 3.  Turmoil in the Eighteenth Century and the States woman ship of Mamola Bai as The Regent. 4. The Siege of Bhopal 1812-13. 5.  Advent of The British Power in India. 6. The Treaty with The British - Raisen Treaty 1818. 7. Raising of The Bhopal State Forces and The Bhopal Contingent : 1818. 8.  Raising of The Bhopal Contingent. 9.  The Uprising of 1857. 10. Unrest in ‘The Bhopal Contingent’ at Sehore. 11. The Dominion Status and The Imperial Service Troops Scheme. 12. Bhopal ‘Levy’:1859. 13. Turn of The Century and The First World War. 20. Epilogue. Appendices.
 
The Book is a historical analysis of the Militaries of the Bhopal Princely State. Bhopal had the singular position in the comity of Princely States in British India, with a Hundred and seventy-five years’ continuous line of Begums rulers. They were visionaries, educated and erudite. They displayed tremendous administrative ability, leadership qualities and diplomatic acumen, coupled with comparable skill at horse riding and arms. These Rulers set the tone of the Militaries and its motivation. The Bhopal Battalion, as part of the Indian Expeditionary Force, was the first non-Europeans to have disembarked in France to fight the War. The Battalion was the recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I and a Nishan-e-Haider in post-independence period, a rare feat indeed. The icing on the cake was that its Militaries were demobilized in a peaceful and a placid manner, to be absorbed by the Civvy Street in a symbiotic equation.