tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4529226916454786758..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Quadrilateral navy Exercise MALABAR 22 culminates in the Sea of Japan after 5 days of drillsBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-32146598639231847302022-11-16T17:03:14.333-08:002022-11-16T17:03:14.333-08:00# the first opium war, 1839-42, was about the east...# the first opium war, 1839-42, was about the east india company demanding that opium [produced by EICo, using oppressed cultivators in bengal, orissa, bihar] has to be allowed into china as a legitimate import. using mainly sepoys from its indian army, and regiments sent by britain from its own army. the british empire prevailed and china was forced into the treaty of nanjing, ceding five treaty ports to the EICo including hongkong on its 125 year lease. the second opium war, 1856-60, saw british, french, and yankeestan forces ranged against china. the british forces included fane's mahratta horse. probyn's sikh horse, 8 punjab, 19 punjab, 23 punjab pioneers [sikh 'oppressed' castes], madras sappers [again mostly adidravida, and low caste tamils, telugus]. the boxer wars, 1899-1901, saw an eight nation 'alliance' to put down the chinese. the alliance [octet] - empire of japan, russian empire, british empire, france, united states of yankeestan, german empire, kingdom of italy, and austro-hungarian empire. in this too, the indian army made up most of the cannon fodder, to soften the enemy, taking casualties over whose corpses, wounded, would march in europoids -banners flying, bands playing. in 1947 when india achieved self rule, the chinese were surprised at indian independence actually being continuing as a british dominion, with the british king as its sovereign, and a governor general, and india having its first governor general in a cousin of the british monarch, mountbatten. it was all very puzzling to the chinese, and all anti-colonial movements around the world. the dominion status changed only in 1950 with adoption of the indian constitution, our becoming a republic, and repealing the british parliament's indian independence act. however the new constitution again found a full 200 sections of the old government of india act, 1935 [british parliament's imperial act 2 of1935] incorporated into its new constitution. and art. 372 of this new constitution stated - all laws passed by the british parliament for its indian empire would continue to remain in force. <br />surely india in the 21st century, especially after having found true mukti in 2014, is not going to send its soldiers, sailors, airforce as cannon fodder for the so called west. for 2,200 years our mahasabha had to play second fiddle. from ashoka and his conversion to buddhism, to successive buddhist, jain powers and satraps, the khorasandi kanishka of the ferghana valley, and these followed by various persian, turkic, central asian regimes who even set up dynasties, then the portuguese, dutch, mughals, french, british. is it the destiny of our mahasabha to remain in thrall to others. george ninanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856262118970125304noreply@blogger.com