Members of 2nd Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, at the sport of Malkam, 1937
Photograph, India, 1937.
Malkam was a sport in which various revolutions were performed on a pole set in the ground. It was one of several traditional village pastimes that was kept up in the Maratha battalions while on active service.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1976-05-47-13
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1976-05-47-13
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