This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in the Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It sheds light on how the three-year war (1917-1919), spanning over 6,000 square miles, is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India.

Introduction PART I Against the Empire's Army 1. Resistance, War Council and Formation of Militia: The Role of Kuki Chiefs in the Anglo-Kuki War 2. The Zou Gal (1917-19): A Military History with Special Reference to the Zou in Manipur-Chin Borders PART II Colonial Politics and Violence 3. From Co-operation to Coercion: The Anglo-Kuki War as a Response to Changing British Geo-politics 4. Empire of Violence: Colonial State Making and Frontier Violence during the Anglo-Kuki War PART III Logistics, Economy and Livelihood Strategies 5. 'Hunger Is More Savage Than Cannon': Logistics during the Anglo-Kuki War 6. Escape Agriculture, Foraging Culture: The Subsistence Economy of the Kukis during the Anglo-Kuki War 7. Food Security, Ecology and Livelihoods: Examining 'Agro-Political Strategy' of the Kukis and the Anglo-Kuki War PART IV Cultural Symbols, Interpretation and The War 8. The Understanding Between Pre-Understanding and Work of Art: Interpreting Thingkhuo-le-Malcha in the Anglo-Kuki War 9. Colonialism and Khankho: Indigenous Reading of the Anglo-Kuki War PART V Colonialism, Missionisation and After 10. Evangelisation and Colonialism: The Role of 'Christianity' in Anglo-Kuki War 11. Spatialising The Missionary Encounter: Missionary Work and Space in the Aftermath of the Anglo-Kuki War PART VI Commemoration of the War 12. 'Their Tails are Not Down': A Hundred Years of Remembering the Anglo-Kuki War