Rebellion 1857 : A Selection

Contents: Introduction. 1. History of the sepoy war/J.W. Kaye. 2. The history of the Indian mutiny/Charles Ball. 3. Eastern Bengal District gazetteer: Dacca/B.C. Allen. 4. Bengal District gazetteer: 24 parganas/L.S.S.O Malley. 5. Echoes of the Indian mutiny at Dacca. Report on cachar during 1857-1858. Index.

In the year of the 150th anniversary of the revolt of 1857, there has been a spate of historical literature on the epoch revisiting and excavating its various aspects. The author has undertaken a similar probe into the contemporary accounts and dug out valuable information on hitherto unknown socio-economic aspects of the Great Revolt as it took place in Bengal. There has been hardly a single work in this field excepting stray reference to Mangal Pandey\'s sally at Barrackpore. (jacket)