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This is a Newsletter 155 - 20 November 2013 most interesting book on the Rani Newsletter 154 - 22 October 2013 of Jhansi Regiment (RJR), a Newsletter 153 - 2 October 2013 female infantry unit of the Indian Newsletter 152 - 5 September 2013 National Army (!NA) formed and Newsletter 151 - 19 August 2013 Newsletter 150 - 17 July 2013 led by Indian nationalist politician Rani recruits in Singapore, late 1943. The central portrait is of the Newsletter 149 - 19 June 2013 Subhas Chandra Bose who regimental namesake, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, who died in battle in 1858 Newsletter 148 - 20 May 2013 col laborated with Japan during Newsletter 147 - 30 April 2013 World War 11 with the aim of defending her state of Jhansi Newsletter 146 - 4 April 2013 liberating India from British rule. The book, published by HarperCollins in 2016, is based on her 2014 PhD thesis from Newsletter 145 - 28 February 2013 the Program of Liberal Studies at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., USA. Newsletter 144 - 5 February 2013 When Subhas Chandra Bose took command of the Indian National Army in Newsletter 143 - 11 January 2013 Singapore in June 1943, he shocked the Indian expatriate community by Newsletter 142 - 10 December 2012 announcing he wanted women to join the freedom fight. Many, mostly Newsletter 141 - 17 October 2012 young girls from all religions, castes and social classes ra ised in the Indian Newsletter 140 - 27 September 2012 diasporas in Malaya, Burma and Thailand, enrolled in the INA's all-female Newsletter 139 - 31 August 2012 Rani of Jhansi Regiment. A contingent of combat-trained Ranis was Newsletter 138 - 9 August 2012 deployed to Burma in May 1944 but plans to cross into India were never Newsletter 137 - 18 June 2012 Newsletter 136 - 22 May 2012 realized, as the British drove the !NA and Japanese back into Burma. When British troops were only days away from the Rani camp in Rangoon, Newsletter 135 - 3 May 2012 Bose ordered the Regiment to retreat to Bangkok despite Rani protests, Newsletter 134 - 4 Aprll 2012 the la st 50 departing on 24 April. Only two died in enemy attacks. Newsletter 133 - 8 March 2012 The study demonstrates that the young women Newsletter 132 - 9 February 2012 were not trained to survive in battle in the Newsletter 131 - 16 January 2012 Burmes ~_jung le. It establishes that there were Newsletter 130 - 19 December 2011 roughly five hundred members of the Reg iment, Newsletter 129 - 24 November 2011 Newsletter 128 - 28 October 2011 not one thousand five hundred as frequently cited Newsletter 127 - 11 October 2011 in scholarly, literature. The study confirms that Newsletter 126 - 2 September 2011 only twenty women fighters were deployed as far Newsletter 125 - 12 August 2011 as northern Bu rma, but still three hundred miles Newsletter 124 - 13 June 2011 from the front. It shows that despite the Newsletter 123 - 13 May 2011 commonly held view that the RJR fought bravely Newsletter 122 - 7 April 2011 against the Imperial Raj, it never engaged in Newsletter 121 - 18 March 2011 .;....::"""'---''----' combat despite the profound desire of its Newsletter 120 - 15 February 2011 members to attack the enemy. Read more ... Newsletter 119 - 20 January 2011 Vera Hildebrand (photo to the above) is Da ni sh and grew up in Newsletter 118 - 30 December 2010 Copenh agen. She received her MA in Germanic languages and literature Newsletter 117 - 14 December 2010 from Harvard University before joining Georgetown Un iversity. She Newsletter 116 - 12 November 2010 trayeled extensively in I ndia, Ma laysia, and Singapore to locate and Newsletter 115 - 22 October 2010 interview women who served during World War II with Subhas Chandra Newsletter 114 - 5 October 2010 Bose in the Indian National Army in Burma. Newsletter 113 - 7 September 2010 Newsletter 112 - 17 August 2010 • Heinz Werner Wessler writes on aversion against conversions in Captain Lakshmi Saghal, in 1945, as Newsletter 111 - 24 June 2010 India commander of the Rani of Jhansi Newsletter 110 - 21 May 2010 Professor Heinz Regiment Newsletter 109 - 23 April 2010 Werner Wessler Newsletter 108 - 9 April 2010 at the Dept. Signum I Newsletter 107 - 12 March 2010 of Li nguistics Newsletter 106 - 10 February 2010 and Philology, Newsletter 105 - 29 January 2010 Uppsala Newsletter 104 - 2 December 2009 Newsletter 103 - 6 November 2009 University, has f 1.anc>1. .1 \1!'..t~ t t <! tl)IOlfl.C rl n.t .., ~ttJw Oo'U:d (fli'!t> Newsletter 102 - 20 October 2009 written an Newsletter 101 - 2 October 2009 interesting Newsletter 100 - 4 September 2009 ~-~-~~-~ article on the r ~-.-r-..,. Kv"ttf~ cllt Ofn h!ol\l-" ,.,., k..,, Newsletter 99 - 23 July 2009 aversion against religious conversions Newsletter 98 - 11 June 2009 in India ("Aversionen mot konversioner Newsletter 97 - 26 May 2009 i Indien") in the Swed ish language Newsletter 96 - 30 April 2009 magazine Signum, issue 01/2017. Prof. .......... -. Newsletter 95 - 6 April 2009 Wessler gives an excellent overview of ftft;"Hlth.tfN t'"lfU.111 Kf'.1 1~.t ~:~ 11i O<~ Svfll&t Newsletter 94 - 10 March 2009 the role of Christianity in India and the Newsletter 93 - 4 February 2009 alleged threat against Indian culture Newsletter 92 - 14 January 2009 put forward by Hindu activists and Newsletter 91 - 5 December 2008 others, the "return back to your Hindu roots" movement (ghar vapasi). and he calls for a critical self-reflecting and Newsletter 90 - 3 November 2008 intellectual discussion on religious issues, something that is missing in India today. Newsletter 89 - 3 October 2008 The article is not avail able for free, but the Signum magazine can be ordered on the net, go for it. Newsletter 88 - 15 September 2008 Another article on a similar topic by Prof. Wessler is however available to read for free on the Signum web page. The Newsletter 87 - 21 August 2008 Newsletter 86 - 10 June 2008 article is entitled "Omvand er! Stravan efter sanningen utgbr grunden for ett religibst /iv". Go for the article. Newsletter 85 - 20 May 2008 • Hans Rosling challenged our preconceptions about global health Newsletter 84 - 25 April 2008 Hans Rosling, Professor of International Hea lth at Karol inska l nstitutet, passed away Newsletter 83 - 27 March 2008 on 7 February 2017. With more than 25 years of worldwide experience on global Newsletter 82 - 27 February 2008 health concerning the character of the links between economy and health in Africa, Newsletter 81 - 30 January 2008 Newsletter 80 - 14 December 2007 Asia and Latin America, he has been advisor to WHO and UNICEF, co-funded Newsletter 79 - 29 October 2007 Medecines sans Frontiers Sweden and launched new co urses and published a Newsletter 78 - 9 October 2007 textbook on Global Health. Rosl ing transformed himself into a pop-star statistician Newsletter 77 - 14 September 2007 by converting dry numbers into dynamic graphics that cha ll enged preconceptions Newsletter 76 - 13 July 2007 about globa l health and gloomy prospects for population growth. Newsletter 75 - 20 June 2007 Prof. Rosling was the driving ~ .... pl\IC ll 91•·· · Newsletter 74 - 29 May 2007 force behind the creation of Newsletter 73 - 27 April 2007 Gapminder, originally a non­ ·~ Newsletter 72 - 17 April 2007 profit venture based at Ma lmb o .. .,._ Newsletter 71 - 6 March 2007 that launched an animated s­D " Newsletter 70 - 9 February 2007 computer programme usi ng the C!- ·1 Newsletter 69 - 9 January 2007 oo--·---­... - Newsletter 68 - 11 December 2006 so-cal led Trendalyzer software - ,. o·-a .... ·· ~~~~~~~~--_J turning time series of o-o·..... ., Newsletter 6 7 - 9 November 2006 a- Newsletter 66 - 17 October 2006 development statistics into ~·::: attractive moving graphics.