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The Indian Mutiny: a brief resumé

Breakout at Lucknow / riflesmuseum.co.uk

Breakout at Lucknow / riflesmuseum.co.uk

It is innaccurate of many writers to talk of a ‘surprising revolt of the Indian Army’. The Indian Mutiny (1857-8) was an uprising of the Army of Bengal, but it was hardly unexpected, as the English had been superior in India for a very long time, and no-one can be more superior than an Englishman, or, as in this case, Englishwomen. Thinkers do not have to look too far for the motives that inspired Hindus and Muslims to revolt against their white chiefs. They had a melting pot of grievances, but two hundred years of maltreatment of the natives by the Memsahibs was among them. (more…)

By | 2011-04-05T13:11:31+00:00 April 5th, 2011|History of India|1 Comment
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