Revolt Of 1857 Essay

Barrackpur on 29th March 1857. He attacked his senior officer Lieutenant Baugh and severely wounded him. Thus the resentment of the sepoys expressed itself just before the beginning of the revolt. The revolt of 1857 began on 10 May, 1857 with the mutiny of the Sepoys at Meerut (in present Uttar Pradesh) but soon it engulfed wide regions and the people. In fact the participation of the feudal lords, native rulers, etc. increased the intensity of the Revolt and it was no longer confined to the sepoys alone. At Lucknow, Begum Hazrat Mahal, the widow of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah raised the banner of rebellion. At Kanpur, Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the last Peshwa Baji Rao II, living in exile, revolted along with his lieutenant Tantia Topi. In Bihar, Raja Kunwar Singh, a zamindar of Arah became the oldest rebel leader aged 80 years. He provided greatest support to other rebel leaders. Rani Laxmibai, widow of Raja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi, raised the banner of rebellion. She was the bravest leader of the rebellion who fought like a true heroine. Though she was killed by the British army, Sir Hugh Rose, the commander of the British army who defeated her called her the bravest and greatest of the rebel leaders. In Assam also the message of the Revolt of 1857 was carried by Maniram Dewan, an Assamese noble and ex-chief Executive or Dewan of the Assam Tea Company.

Multiple meanings of 1857 for Indians in Britain by ‘Michael H Fischer’-

With the advent of British in India, there was a huge migration from India to Britain for many reasons for e.g. for the purpose of service, labor, study etc. in his article Michael H Fischer has complements works of historians and commentators about the disparate roles and responses of various Bri...

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...cial sympathy for all Indian diplomats currently there. Nevertheless, several missions persisted. To have any hope of success, however, they had now additionally to protest their loyalty to the British. For example, the ambassadors from Awadh sent a petition to the House of Lords in which they expressed their "...sincere regret [at] the tidings which have reached the British kingdom of disaffection prevailing among native troops in India".

THE BEGINNING OF PEOPLES WAR IN INDIA BY- Kaushik Roy-
The 19th century witnessed the emergence of a new form of warfare. The “limited war” of the 18th century was replaced by the “people’s war” in the mid-19th century which in turn gave rise to “total war” during the first half of the 20th century.1 The European 18th century wars were of limited liability fought without any moral or ideological issues.