The events of 1857 are well known to us ... a reluctant Bahadur Shah was forced to act as the symbolic leader of the Revolt. In the months that followed, Delhi was ravaged by the sepoys and ...

Therefore, the Revolt of 1857 was more than an agrarian war ... Indeed, even the most traditional of rebel leaders were conscious of the need for making an appeal to the masses.

Again, as in the case of 1857, wherein a Muslim — the titular Mughal emperor Bahādur Shah Zafar — was proclaimed as the leader, the Vellore Revolt saw its participants declaring Tipu Sultan ...

Independence Day 1857: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf ...

He said that the 'so- called First National war of Independence in 1857 is neither First, nor National, nor a war of Independence'. He holds the view that a general revolt or a war of Independence ...