Great Uprising in India 1857-58 English 2026
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ISBN:
9789360805425
Publisher:
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Pages:
258
Weight:
331 g
Dimensions:
16 x 24 x 13.4 cm
Book Cover:
Hard Cover
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
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