“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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The annual journal of the Indian History Congress, entitled The Proceedings of the Indian History Congress carries research papers ...

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 ...

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

Rani Lakshmibai was the queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi in North India. She was one of the revered leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became a symbol of resistance to ...