5920297 ?Martial Races of India?: Rajput of the Indian Army, United Provinces, 1944 circa (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: ?Martial Races of India?: Rajput of the Indian Army, United Provinces, 1944 circa. Photograph, World War Two, India, 1944 circa. The ?martial race? was a designation created by officials of British India to describe peoples that were thought to be naturally warlike and aggressive in battle. The Rajputs, a high caste Hindu group from central and northern India, were one such group and the British recruited many of them into their armies. From a collection of photographs taken to illustrate the races recruited into the Indian Army and the geographical areas in which they originated.); by National Army Museum ; out of copyright.