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Author : Peter B. Levy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108422406
Offers a rich description of the impact of the 1960s race riots in the United States whose legacy still haunts the nation.
Author : Pramod Knayar
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789352141531
‘The punishment for Mutiny,’ said John Nicholson, Commander of the Movable Column, ‘is death’. As India marks 150 years of the 1857 Uprising, this meticulously researched and vivid work recounts a time both tragic and compelling. Many-staged and many-charactered, this volume searches for the key issues, causes and effects, figures and developments that culminated in the massacres of Cawnpore, Satichaura and Bibighar, the ensuing counter-massacres, and the gory retribution dealt out by the British on their subjects. Beginning with an account of the state of the British Raj in 1857, Pramod Nayar moves on the ‘A Gathering Storm’, the strife that led to the Uprising, ‘The Summer of Discontent’, recounting the Mutiny, ‘The Retreat of the Native’ which tells us how the British won back lost ground, and ‘The Raj Rises Again’, explaining the repercussions the Mutiny had on the administrative plans of the empire. He also delves into the real causes of the Uprising, more complex than what conventional history upholds. Detailed descriptions of the Mutiny’s main figures, including Henry Lawrence, John Nicholson, Lord Canning, Nana Sahib, the Rani of Jhansi, and the tragic king of Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar, are interspersed with quotes, facts and anecdotes that reanimate the past. An overview and analysis of the Mutiny is flavoured with references to the literature of the time and includes an appendix on how the events of 1857 influenced European literary imagination. Kanpur and Jhansi, violence and counter-violence, heroism and savagery – this every-person’s guide to 1857 captures the most tumultuous years of British India and re-enacts the drama of the first stirrings of nationalism.
Author : Kim A. Wagner
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : India
ISBN : 1906165270
The Indian Uprising of 1857 had a profound impact on the colonial psyche, and its spectre haunted the British until the very last days of the Raj. For the past 150 years most aspects of the Uprising have been subjected to intense scrutiny by historians, yet the nature of the outbreak itself remains obscure. What was the extent of the conspiracies and plotting? How could rumours of contaminated ammunition spark a mutiny when not a single greased cartridge was ever distributed to the sepoys? Based on a careful, even-handed reassessment of the primary sources, The Great Fear of 1857 explores the existence of conspiracies during the early months of that year and presents a compelling and detailed narrative of the panics and rumours which moved Indians to take up arms. With its fresh and unsentimental approach, this book offers a radically new interpretation of one of the most controversial events in the history of British India.
Author : Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843833048
A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories which show that they were much more complex than hitherto thought. Drawing on sources in Britain and India, including contemporary East India Company records, together with oral memories from India illustrated with a number of nineteenth century photographs, the author tells of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah; of Indians who opposed the Mutiny, and suffered at the hands of the "mutineers"; of a small, but significant, number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British; and of the infamous "prize agents" of the East India Company - licensed looters whose rapacity seemed limitless. The book conveys vividly what it was like for different kinds of participants to live through these traumatic events, bringing to life their anxiety and desperation, the grisly bloodshed, and the vast devastation - illustrating overall, as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company's army put it, "the wind of madness". Dr ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES is author and editor of numerous books on India, including The Nawabs, the British and the City of Lucknow (1985) and Portraits of the Indian Princes (forthcoming).
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : India
ISBN : OCLC:1011714356
Author : Asoka Mehta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015014188323
Author : Rajmohan Gandhi
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788184758252
Two wars––the 1857 Revolt in PBI - India and the American Civil War—seemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a PBI - World still dominated by Great Britain and the battle cry in both conflicts was freedom. Rajmohan Gandhi brings the drama of both wars to one stage in A Tale of Two Revolts. He deftly reconstructs events from the point of view of William Howard Russell—an Irishman who was also perhaps the PBI - World’s first war correspondent—and uncovers significant connections between the histories of the United States, Britain and PBI - India. The result is a tale of two revolts, three countries and one century. Into this fascinating story Rajmohan Gandhi weaves the choices of five extraordinary inhabitants of PBI - India—Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Jotiba Phule, Allan Octavian Hume and Bankimchandra Chatterjee—and of three towering figures of PBI - World history—Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Abraham Lincoln—to show the continuities between the nineteenth century and the PBI - World we live in today. Scholarly, insightful and gripping, A Tale of Two Revolts raises new questions about these wars that changed the PBI - World.
Author : Vishnu Bhatt Godshe Versaikar
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789350294772
Around the middle of the nineteenth century, when the East India Company had consolidated its hold over the Indian subcontinent, a Chitpavan Brahmin by the name of Vishnu Bhatt GodsheVersaikar decided to cross the Vindhya mountains with his aged uncle to earn some money. What he had not foreseen was how his trip would coincide with the historic Sepoy Mutiny and play havoc with their travel plans. This is a unique first-person, eyewitness account of their picaresque journey, recorded several years after their return home. This is also perhaps the only documentation of a momentous event in the history of India by an impoverished but learned young beggar-priest. In this gripping yet sensitive translation, Mrinal Pande brings to life for today's reader the account of Vishnu Bhatt's adventures, and the fascinating history of its publication.
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106016441393
Presents the history of the Indian uprising of 1857.
Author : William Nester
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313002939
During 1763 and 1764, a loose coalition of Native American tribes ranging from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River and from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes revolted against the oppression and neglect of their newly installed British masters. This Great Uprising ranks among the most successful wars in Native American history with the assault and capture of nine forts, the siege of Forts Detroit and Pitt, and, finally, a negotiated peace that met most of their demands. Yet, the victories proved to be fleeting as tribal enthusiasm waned. Within a generation, another wave of settlers and a frontier war would conquer much of what the unfortunate tribes would cling to with their victory. There would be no simple solution to the conflict. Now nearly dependent on the white man's technology and trade, tribal leaders were forced to face the prospects of an uncertain future. Supplies captured from the forts would last only so long, and the war had diverted valuable manpower from the yearly hunt. While the British had managed to quell the uprising, they did so largely through diplomacy, and they paid a high political price with negotiations conceding nearly every tribal demand. However, within a generation yet another wave of settlers and a frontier war would conquer much of what the unfortunate tribes would cling to with their victory.
Author : Pramod K. Nayar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : India
ISBN : 0143102389
The Punishment For Mutiny, Said John Nicholson, Commander Of The Movable Column, Is Death. As India Marks 150 Years Of The 1857 Uprising, This Meticulously Researched And Vivid Work Recounts A Time Both Tragic And Compelling. Many-Staged And Many-Charactered, This Volume Searches For The Key Issues, Causes And Effects, Figures And Developments That Culminated In The Massacres Of Cawnpore, Satichaura And Bibighar, The Ensuing Counter-Massacres, And The Gory Retribution Dealt Out By The British On Their Subjects. Beginning With An Account Of The State Of The British Raj In 1857, Pramod Nayar Moves On To A Gathering Storm , The Strife That Led To The Uprising, The Summer Of Discontent Recounting The Mutiny, The Retreat Of The Native Which Tells Us How The British Won Back Lost Ground, And The Raj Rises Again , Explaining The Repercussions The Mutiny Had On The Administrative Plans Of The Empire. It Also Delves Into The Real Causes Of The Uprising, More Complex Than What Conventional History Upholds. Detailed Descriptions Of The Mutiny S Main Figures, Including Henry Lawrence, John Nicholson, Lord Canning, Nana Sahib, The Rani Of Jhansi And The Tragic King Of Delhi, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Are Interspersed With Quotes, Facts And Anecdotes That Reanimate The Past. An Overview And Analysis Of The Mutiny Is Flavoured With References To The Literature Of The Time And Includes An Appendix On How The Events Of 1857 Influenced European Literary Imagination. Kanpur And Jhansi, Violence And Counter-Violence, Heroism And Savagery This Every-Person S Guide To 1857 Captures The Most Tumultuous Years Of British India And Re-Enacts The Drama Of The First Stirrings Of Nationalism.
Author : Amit Kumar Gupta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317386698
This book examines the ruptured characteristics of colonialism in nineteenth-century India. It connects the British East India Company’s efforts at the bourgeoisation of India with the Revolt of 1857. The volume shows how the mutiny of Indian sepoys in the British Indian army became a popular uprising of peasants, artisans and discontented aristocrats against the British. Tracing the rationale and consequences of this conflict, the monograph highlights how newly introduced political, economic and agrarian policies as part of industrial Britain’s colonial policy wreaked havoc, resulting in high land revenue assessment and its harsh mode of collection, rural indebtedness, steady immiseration of peasants, widespread land alienation, destitution and suicide. Using rare archival sources, this book will be an important intervention in the study of nineteenth-century India, and will deeply interest scholars and researchers of modern Indian history and politics.
Author : Paul Dowswell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781472968418
Thrilling historical adventure set during the English peasants' revolt of 1381, by Paul Dowswell, the author of Ausländer, and Wolf Children. It's 1381 and the king, Richard II, has imposed a new tax on the people. In the village of Aylesford, Tilda and her ploughman father were already struggling to make ends meet. As serfs they have no rights to move freely or earn wages for their work. Tilda is desperate for a better life than the village can offer, so when the villagers begin to rebel she is swept up in the excitement. Tilda and her father travel to London with the others to petition the king, but the peaceful rebellion they hoped for soon ignites into violence, mayhem and treachery. Tilda's fight for a better life is only just beginning... This page-turning adventure sheds new light on a period of history which is covered in the KS3 curriculum, and will have readers gripped from start to finish.
Author : William Forbes-mitchell,Alex Struik
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1508591830
India's First war for Independence (aka Indian Rebellion of 1857) began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region. The rebellion posed a considerable threat to East India Company power in that region, and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20 June 1858. The rebellion is also known as India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Rebellion of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny. The rebellion led to the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858. It also led the British to reorganize the army, the financial system and the administration in India. The country was thereafter directly governed by the crown as the new British Raj. The 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Infantry Regiment of the British Army from 1799 to 1881.
Author : Andrew Mangham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521760744
Accessible and comprehensive account of the sensation novel of the nineteenth century.
