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Do mythological fiction writers distort our great narrative epic traditionsIt s about time that leftist and rightleaning historians both realised that their version is precisely that a version And we ...
A forgotten chapter of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny has resurfaced, with historical and forensic evidence confirming a tragic ...
Tucked into a corner of bustling Kashmere Gate metro station, the John Nicholson Cemetery lies quietly yet carries a ...
Santal community, one of the major ethnic group in Bangladesh, is observing the Historic Santal Rebellion Day, commonly known as 'Santal Hool', in Dinajpur on Monday.
A piece of the Lucknow Residency, besieged by Indian sepoys during the revolt of 1857, reflects how colonialism haunts modern-day Britain.
A novel, no doubt, but what no one knows is that it did refer to India’s first war of Independence. Not the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, but one waged almost a hundred years earlier. The name of its ...
The 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, in India—where the uprising is called the Indian Rebellion—marked a turning point. A revolt led by Indian soldiers in the service of the ruling British East India Company, it ...
In the villages of India preparations for a mighty revolution are already in progress.” The Sepoy (Indian soldiers) mutiny of 1857 was put down only after 100,000 Indians had been killed.
The most decisive—and of tragic consequences—was the Great Rebellion of 1857-58 (Mahabidroh) which the British mischaracterised as "Sepoy Mutiny." It was begun by the sipahis of the Bengal army.