>brits once classified indians as a martial race
They do be looking like E.T.
>>225550086>martian race
>>225549926>>225550086>>225550097You must know that Life was created at Kashi, ancient India, Your fore-fathers were born in India.
>>225549926Only certain groups. "Indians" didnt exist except people from the indian subcontinent. Certain people and tribes were seen as more martial Rajiputs i think and obviously nepalese Ghurkus
>>225549926What's a martial race?
>>225553446You know, like opposed to races with magical aptitude.
>>225549926They only do that if they think the natives are useful as cannon fodder. See also: the Scots. Fun fact: the Bongs blew up bridges as they retreated in Malaya against Japs while leaving Indian soldiers on the other side.
>>225553569based britishers i hope the japs didnt get food poisoning after eating them
>>225553446Cope made by the British to denote who or which ethnicity in British India were loyal to the Crown and who weren't.
>>225553569That happened everywhere
>>225553909Bruts were cool when it came to Punjab, they didn't reinforce feudalism of Mughals, which Sikhs fought against, and they didn't interfere with the religious matters of Sikh, Muslims and Hindus of the region. There wasn't much resource extraction or taxation in Punjab when compared to Bengal and Bihar. So people here were loyal to the British Empire and therefore recognised as among Martial Races by the empire.
>>225554939Based Martial Man>>225553909Cringe Diaspora Dalit
>>225554939To be fair, the British called Punjabis faggots and all matters of insults during the Sikh Wars. It wasn't until Punjabi or Sikh soldiers were sent off to fight against the rebels in the Sepoy Mutiny that they were lionized as gigachads.What is funny too is that the Martial Races thing cut across all religions and caste and were basically just the EIC-backed ethnicities who fought against the Indian Rebels during that mutiny ( who happened to be Brahmin Bengalis and whoever else was present ).
>>225555138British Administration of Punjab brought stability and prosperity in the region. Ofcourse people were willing to fight for them.
>>225549926Deploying tactical Indians won us many wars. They have a +100 dps AoE stink buff which is very effective in CQC
>>225549926Certain ethnic groups. Not all of them. It was basically just whoever was easiest to control. I think there were also considerations made for the people who were natural infantrymen though.Afghans were natural infantry men but they couldn't be controlled. Bengalis were also supposedly good marksmen but they couldn't be controlled either>>225555138this
>>225554939there was a video from the 70s of a ex-british officer working in oman that talked about how the north west frontier used to be the real training ground for british officers to prove themselves in combat
>>225554939Based and martialpilled
