141:
90:
75:
126:
102:
114:
45:
467:
32:
WAC(I) had an autonomous Air Wing, which served as the Indian counterpart of the WAAF: the women operated switchboards and similar duties at airfields and air headquarters (AHQ). In the earlier part of the war there was likewise a Naval Wing, but with the very localised environment of naval base and the very distinct ethos of the wartime naval services, British and Indian, this department was formally hived-off, in 1944, to become: the
31:
Compared to over two million men, the corps of 11,500 women was small, but recruitment was always hampered by caste and communal inhibitions. Indian women at the time did not mix socially or at work with men and a large part of the corps was formed from the mixed-race Anglo–Indian community. The
27:
Recruits had to be a minimum age of 18 years and their duties were clerical or domestic. In
December 1942, the minimum age was reduced to 17 years. Volunteers could enlist on Local service or General service terms. Those on General service could be sent to serve anywhere in India.
140:
89:
125:
74:
527:
431:
224:
284:
255:
537:
508:
101:
113:
415:
370:
267:
33:
296:
162:
439:
542:
405:
501:
482:
232:
20:(WAC(I)) was created in March 1942, out of the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma). By the end of the
532:
494:
56:
360:
157:
8:
474:
341:
225:"FamilyRecords.gov.uk | Focus on... Women in Uniform | Women in World War II - Profile"
205:
44:
411:
366:
345:
333:
292:
263:
197:
81:
63:, was among the first Indian girls to join the (WAC(I)) and became its poster girl.
325:
21:
329:
478:
362:
The Royal Indian Navy: Trajectories, Transformations and the
Transfer of Power
521:
337:
201:
313:
209:
184:
52:
466:
314:"The Women's Royal Indian Naval Service: Picturing India's New Woman"
289:
The
Commonwealth Armies: Manpower and Organisation in Two World Wars
260:
Anglo-Indian Women in
Transition: Pride, Prejudice and Predicament
132:
60:
222:
432:"Women's Royal Indian Naval Service established during WW2"
48:
Commonwealth Forces in India, Imam is second from left
190:
Journal of the
Society for Army Historical Research
183:
528:Military units and formations established in 1942
519:
407:Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist
36:(WRINS), with its own uniform, similar to WRNS.
365:. Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge. pp. 94–96.
502:
291:. Manchester University Press. p. 114.
175:
509:
495:
352:
305:
276:
181:
43:
358:
216:
520:
311:
247:
95:Inspection by Field Marshal Auchinleck
403:
282:
185:"The Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)"
461:
424:
397:
262:. Singapore: Springer. p. 69.
253:
13:
438:. 30 December 2019. Archived from
223:Family Records gov uk Consortium.
131:Indian Women's Auxiliary Corps at
34:Women's Royal Indian Naval Service
14:
554:
283:Perry, Frederick William (1988).
24:, it had recruited 11,500 women.
538:Women in the military by country
473:This military article about the
465:
404:James, Lawrence (18 July 2013).
163:Women in the Indian Armed Forces
139:
124:
112:
100:
88:
73:
229:FamilyRecords.gov.uk Consortium
18:Women's Auxiliary Corps (India)
388:
379:
312:Vitali, V. (17 October 2019).
1:
330:10.1080/09612025.2019.1674468
168:
119:Women Auxiliary Corps parade
107:Women Auxiliary Corps (India)
481:. You can help Knowledge by
80:Inspection by Field Marshal
39:
7:
151:
10:
559:
460:
66:
359:Mohanan, Kalesh (2020).
254:Sen, Sudarshana (2017).
146:Private Begum Pasha Shah
256:"2. Anglo-Indian women"
182:Harfield, Alan (2005).
318:Women's History Review
49:
543:Indian military stubs
158:Women in World War II
47:
436:Association of Wrens
285:"3. The Indian Army"
475:Indian Armed Forces
442:on 13 November 2022
57:chief petty officer
50:
490:
489:
417:978-0-297-86915-3
372:978-1-138-55495-5
269:978-981-10-4356-7
550:
511:
504:
497:
469:
462:
452:
451:
449:
447:
428:
422:
421:
401:
395:
392:
386:
383:
377:
376:
356:
350:
349:
324:(7): 1114–1148.
309:
303:
302:
280:
274:
273:
251:
245:
244:
242:
240:
231:. Archived from
220:
214:
213:
196:(335): 243–254.
187:
179:
143:
128:
116:
104:
92:
77:
22:Second World War
558:
557:
553:
552:
551:
549:
548:
547:
518:
517:
516:
515:
458:
456:
455:
445:
443:
430:
429:
425:
418:
402:
398:
393:
389:
384:
380:
373:
357:
353:
310:
306:
299:
281:
277:
270:
252:
248:
238:
236:
235:on 20 July 2022
221:
217:
180:
176:
171:
154:
147:
144:
135:
129:
120:
117:
108:
105:
96:
93:
84:
78:
69:
42:
12:
11:
5:
556:
546:
545:
540:
535:
533:Women in India
530:
514:
513:
506:
499:
491:
488:
487:
470:
454:
453:
423:
416:
396:
387:
378:
371:
351:
304:
297:
275:
268:
246:
215:
173:
172:
170:
167:
166:
165:
160:
153:
150:
149:
148:
145:
138:
136:
130:
123:
121:
118:
111:
109:
106:
99:
97:
94:
87:
85:
79:
72:
68:
65:
41:
38:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
555:
544:
541:
539:
536:
534:
531:
529:
526:
525:
523:
512:
507:
505:
500:
498:
493:
492:
486:
484:
480:
476:
471:
468:
464:
463:
459:
441:
437:
433:
427:
419:
413:
409:
408:
400:
391:
382:
374:
368:
364:
363:
355:
347:
343:
339:
335:
331:
327:
323:
319:
315:
308:
300:
298:0-7190-2595-8
294:
290:
286:
279:
271:
265:
261:
257:
250:
234:
230:
226:
219:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
186:
178:
174:
164:
161:
159:
156:
155:
142:
137:
134:
127:
122:
115:
110:
103:
98:
91:
86:
83:
76:
71:
70:
64:
62:
58:
54:
46:
37:
35:
29:
25:
23:
19:
483:expanding it
472:
457:
444:. Retrieved
440:the original
435:
426:
406:
399:
390:
385:Brown, p.140
381:
361:
354:
321:
317:
307:
288:
278:
259:
249:
237:. Retrieved
233:the original
228:
218:
193:
189:
177:
51:
30:
26:
17:
15:
446:13 November
394:Blunt, p.61
522:Categories
169:References
82:Auchinleck
53:Moina Imam
410:. Orion.
346:210364785
338:0961-2025
202:0037-9700
40:Personnel
210:44231211
152:See also
239:20 July
133:Dagshai
67:Gallery
414:
369:
344:
336:
295:
266:
208:
200:
477:is a
342:S2CID
206:JSTOR
61:Bihar
59:from
479:stub
448:2022
412:ISBN
367:ISBN
334:ISSN
293:ISBN
264:ISBN
241:2022
198:ISSN
16:The
326:doi
524::
434:.
340:.
332:.
322:29
320:.
316:.
287:.
258:.
227:.
204:.
194:83
192:.
188:.
55:,
510:e
503:t
496:v
485:.
450:.
420:.
375:.
348:.
328::
301:.
272:.
243:.
212:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_1947.jpg)
_1946-1947.jpg)
_-_01.jpg)
_-_02.jpg)
_on_duty_in_the_Orderly_Room_of_an_RAF_station_in_India,_August_1943.jpg)