Latest Blog Posts for India's first war of independence

• Flagstaff Tower, Delhi. Felice Beato, albumen print, 1858-9, 254 x 304 mm. The Delhi Ridge lies between Flagstaff Tower and Hindu Rao’s House. European survivors of the Delhi massacres assembled in the Tower in May 1857. The building still exists, and has not altered in appearance since this photograph was taken. It is now within the campus of Delhi University, close to the Vice-Chancellor’s residence.
  on Sep 13, 2011
  It is hard to believe that this fenced-in park, with its odd combination of leafy greenery and tarred pathways, families of monkeys and families of evening walkers – many of whom carry stout sticks to ward off the unwanted attentions of said simian...
• Mosque Picket, Delhi. Felice Beato, albumen print, photographer’s ref D3, 1858-59, 253 x 304 mm. This Mosque was strategically at a vital position, approximately the centre of the Ridge, thereby covering the most vulnerable segment of the British camp. The complete absence of human life suggests that the photograph was taken after September 14th 1857, when the Mosque was abandoned.
  on Sep 13, 2011
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• The great uprising in India, 1857-58: untold stories, Indian and British By Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
  on Sep 13, 2011
  The great uprising in India, 1857-58: untold stories, Indian and British By Rosie Llewellyn-Jones http://books.google.co.in/books?id=rDLah61DFW4C&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=looting+of+delhi+1856&source=bl&ots=ws68HX9Lyw&...
• World War I casualties of Indian Forces commemorated in France
  on Sep 12, 2011
  World War I casualties of Indian Forces commemorated in France Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. World War I casualties of Indian Forces commemorated in France Lahore Division brought to the Fland...
• Reversing the gaze
  on Sep 11, 2011
  Night sortie and attack on baggage wagon near Delhi. (Charles Ball, `History of Indian Mutiny', Vol. I.)In the triumphal British writings on the rebellion and its suppression, the heroes and villains are depicted from the point of view of the victors...
• Mahatma Gandhi - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  on Sep 9, 2011
  Mahatma Gandhi, during the early days of legal practice.  Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by Mahadev Desai walking down Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by Vallabhbhai Patel Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturbai, Johannesburg, July 1914 Mahatma Gandhi and Umar...
• Gandhi cap-STORY AND HISTORY
  on Sep 9, 2011
                                                   Mahatma Gandhi in 'Gandhi Cap' , 1920 The Gandhi cap (Hindi: ...
• GANDHI IN SOLDIERS DRESS 1900.[DURING BOER WAR]
  on Sep 9, 2011
  Gandhi with the stretcher-bearers of the Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer War, South-Africa, 1899-1900. Standing: H Kitchen, L Panday, R Panday, J Royeppen, RK Khan, L Gabriel, MK Kotharee, E Peters, D Vinden, V Madanjit. Middle Row: W Jonatha...
• EAST INDIAN ARMY MAN'S LIFE IN INDIA 1850'S-FROM INTERNET
  on Jul 30, 2011
  SIR THOMAS SEATON, K.C.B.: A SOLDIER OF THE COMPANY [28]  GENERAL SEATON n his entertaining book, From Cadet to Colonel, tells us of far-off times and strange customs; he saw the first beginnings of the Mutiny, and had always observed the na...
• Lord Clive receiving from the Nawab of Bengal a grant of money for disabled officers and soldiers; an oil painting by Edward Penny, 1772-73*
  on Jul 23, 2011
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