The Year of Blood: Essays on the Revolt of 1857

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Rudrangshu Mukherjee places the ‘soldier-peasant’ at the forefront of the Revolt. Violence has rarely been described with so much realism and subtlety. The imaginative use of primary source materials adds clarity to accounts such as the massacre in Satichaura Ghat  and the trial of Mangal Pandey. The layers of complexity that defined the relationship between the rulers and the subjugated are also exposed. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: In Pursuit of a Revolt The Azimgarh Proclamation and Some Questions on the Revolt of 1857 in the Northwestern Provinces ‘Satan Let Loose Upon Earth’: The Kanpur Massacres in India in the Revolt of 1857 The Sipahi and the Sepoy Mutinies Two Intellectual Traditions of the Revolt of 1857: A Study of Popular Resistance Responses to 1857 in the Centenary Year Mangal Pandey Brave Martyr Or Accidental Hero? 1. 29 March 1857 2. Life of a Sepoy 3. The Greased Cartridge 4. Chapati, Rumours and Prophecy 5. The Trial 6. Epilogue 7. Appendix Bibliography Index