Anirudh Deshpande

Anirudh Deshpande is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi. He has to his credit several publications, including The British Raj and its Indian Armed Forces, 1857 - 1939 (2002); British Military Policy in India 1900-1945: Colonial Constraints and Declining Power (2005); Class, Power and Consciousness in Indian Cinema and Television (Primus, 2009); Issues in Twentieth Century World History (2012, 2014); The First Line of Defence-Glorious 50 Years of the Border Security...See more

Anirudh Deshpande is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi. He has to his credit several publications, including The British Raj and its Indian Armed Forces, 1857 - 1939 (2002); British Military Policy in India 1900-1945: Colonial Constraints and Declining Power (2005); Class, Power and Consciousness in Indian Cinema and Television (Primus, 2009); Issues in Twentieth Century World History (2012, 2014); The First Line of Defence-Glorious 50 Years of the Border Security Force (2015); 'The Wars of the East India Company 1740-1849' in International Encyclopedia of War edited by Gordon Martel. A former Nehru Memorial Museum & Library Fellow, he has published numerous papers in acclaimed journals. See less