Nana Sahib, adopted heir of the last Maratha Peshwa, rose from privileged exile at Bithoor to become a central figure of the ...

Peer Ali Khan, a Delhi book-seller, played a key role in the 1857 revolt through silent resistance. His execution highlighted ...

Introduction -- The hot wind of an Indian May -- A religious question from which arose our dread -- Common fame is but a lying strumpet -- Escape at once from this horrible place -- Tenants of ...

An interesting discussion at Sepia Mutiny on the nature of the 1857 Rebellion against the British in the subcontinent, as official commemoration appears to suddenly be the mood of the hour. “I know ...

What is the similarity between British retribution after recapturing Delhi from mutineers in 1857 and the Israeli state’s raging military operation in Gaza today? The two incidents may be separated by ...

London and New York: Routledge, 2025. Pp. xii, 269. Maps, tables, append., gloss, notes, biblio., index. $39.99 paper. ISBN: 1032380594 The Indian Mutiny in the ...

“The spark cannot just be kept alive through fighting,” declares one of the characters in Khan Mahboob Tarzi’s novel, “The Break of Dawn.” The words are spoken at the end of the Indian Mutiny (also ...

Kittur Rani Chennamma led one of India’s earliest armed revolts against the East India Company in 1824, decades before 1857.

Awadh's loyalists, angered by the dethronement of their popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, launched a fierce resistance against the British in 1857. This uprising, fueled by deep loyalty, transformed ...