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The Penguin 1857 Reader
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The Penguin 1857 Reader
By
Pramod K. Nayar
1857 was a defining moment in the history of the British Empire. As native troops in India ‘rebelled’ against their colonial masters and were joined by a large number of local chiefs, civilians and princes, the Empire almost lost its most prized territory. A hundred and fifty years later, scholars, academics and historians still argue about the exact nature of the uprising and the appropriate nomenclature for it: the First War of Independence, the Great Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Rebellion. Debates still rage over its causes. Did it really originate from a dispute over greased cartridges? Was it premeditated?
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