Tag: indian mutiny
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Indian Mutiny and the role of Sikhs
Principal Sawan Singh Gogia The Sikhs are generally blamed for collaborating with the British in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Some enthusiastic patriots treat them as traitors and consider their non-cooperation the main cause of the failure of their so-called War of Independence. Perhaps they forget the ground realities, real situation of the Punjab and…
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Lies about the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857
By Ashish Shukla NEW DELHI: On May 11, 1857, Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar received a few hundreds of East Indian Company cavalrymen in Red Fort, Delhi, who sought his blessing to throw out the yoke of British rule in India. As a letter from one of the rebels’ leaders put it: “The English are…