John Masters

John Masters was a noteworthy British author and army officer, who used to serve in the Indian Army during the pre-independence era of India and later became a novelist. The novels written by Masters are well known for the treatment of British Empire while ruling India. Author Masters was born to a regular soldier serving in the post of lieutenant colonel. His family had a vast tradition of serving in Indian Army. Masters had completed his education from the Royal Military College in Sandhurt and from Wellington. Immediately after his graduation, he had joined the Light Infantry of Cornwall Duke. After serving for one year, he applied to join the 4th Gorkha Rifles of Prince of Wales. Masters served with the regiment’s 2nd battalion on the North West Frontier. He was given a number of appointments inside the regimental depot and the battalion. Author Masters was born on October 26, 1914, in Calcutta, India; and died on May 7, 1983, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The United States. In 1938, Masters had organized a leopard hunt around the Bakloh depot as a leopard was suspected to be roaming in the nearby areas. He ended up coming across a huge tiger and killed it with his rifle. After this incident, Masters was called as the Saab who killed the Bakloh tiger. The following year, author Masters was appointed as 2nd battalion’s Adjutant. At the time of the 2nd World War, Masters’ battalion was ordered to go to Basra, Iraq to participate in the small Anglo-Iraqi battle. Subsequently, Masters served in Persia, Iraq, and Syria with his battalion. Later, he was seconded to the post of staff officer in Communications Line headquarter. In 1942, Masters visited Quetta to attend the Staff College of Indian Army. There, he met and fell in love with a fellow officer’s wife. His affair had become a scandal at was the talking point of every officer gatherings at that time, even though the two had entered into marriage.