The Forward Policy and its results or thirty-five years work amongst the tribes on our Northwestern Frontier of India by Richard Isaac Bruce,C.I.E (Former Political Agent Baluchistan, Late Commissioner and Superintendent, DeraJat Division Punjab, India)

“The Forward Policy and its Results” by Richard Isaac Bruce offers a detailed examination of British colonial strategies (forward policy aimed at expanding British control over tribal regions) on India’s north-western frontier during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Covering the period from 1860s to the early 1900s, the book elucidates military campaigns, negotiations, and treaties employed to achieve colonial objectives. Bruce delves into social and cultural dynamics of tribal communities, alongside administrative challenges faced.
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