THE WESTERNERS WHO HELPED FIGHT FOR INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE

OR WESTERN HISTORIANS, THE NEWS OF DEMOCRATIcally minded volunteers from other countries enlisting to fight with the Ukrainians against their Russian invaders might bring to mind the creation of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. But there may be some Asian resonances too. I am thinking in particular of the remarkable but sadly forgotten story of the British and American fighters for India’s freedom. From the