Johnson, Rob - The Indian Army and Internal Security: 1919–1946 Keywords: Amritsar | British internal security | civil power | First World War | Indian Army | inter-war years | Quit India campaign Abstract: This chapter seeks to illustrate how British and Indian troops were used in 'Aid of the Civil Power' and how British concerns about maintaining internal security paved the way for the abrupt ending of the Raj. The experience of the First World War had reinforced the possibility that the Indian Army would have to send expeditionary forces overseas to …