Lancer Publishers & Distributors
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Lancer Publishers & Distributors is a publishing house founded in 1979 in India, specialising in military subjects.
in 1947, most of the military
literature available was from the western countries. The reason for this was that India had been under subjugation of the British for almost 200 years. The result was that almost all military training and analysis of military threats was taken from a foreign military analysis.
In 1979, a young military officer, Captain Bharat Verma, decided to create the first dedicated military publishing house called Lancer, with the aim to encourage Indian military officers to contribute military literature from an Indian viewpoint. Lancer pioneered this movement in the private sector and created enormous Indian military literature
post-independence for the first time. This further resulted in Lancer creating a journal Indian Defence Review
in 1986 to provide an independent and in-depth discussion on strategic affairs affecting Indian security.
History
On independence of IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 1947, most of the military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
literature available was from the western countries. The reason for this was that India had been under subjugation of the British for almost 200 years. The result was that almost all military training and analysis of military threats was taken from a foreign military analysis.
In 1979, a young military officer, Captain Bharat Verma, decided to create the first dedicated military publishing house called Lancer, with the aim to encourage Indian military officers to contribute military literature from an Indian viewpoint. Lancer pioneered this movement in the private sector and created enormous Indian military literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
post-independence for the first time. This further resulted in Lancer creating a journal Indian Defence Review
Indian Defence Review
The first Editor of Indian Defence Review was Lt Gen Mathew Thomas from the Paratroopers, Indian Army. This was the first attempt after Indian independence in 1986 to create a magazine on national security in the private sector. The second editor of IDR, Major General Afsir Karim took over in...
in 1986 to provide an independent and in-depth discussion on strategic affairs affecting Indian security.