Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857. Volume 7: Documents of the Indian Uprising

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The Mutiny at the Margins series takes a fresh look at the revolt of 1857 from original and unusual perspectives, focusing in particular on neglected socially marginal groups and geographic areas which have hitherto tended to be unrepresented in studies of this cataclysmic event in British imperial and Indian historiography. Documents of the Indian Uprising (Volume 7) is a source book that provides samples from rare documents unearthed in the course of extensive research conducted during the Mutiny at the Margins project. Both a research tool and a teaching resource, it employs images and texts to offer a unique range of primary sources relating to the 1857 uprising, its aftermath and legacies. Emphasising subaltern and marginal perspectives, it is designed to complement the previous six volumes of the series.  Cover page Half title page Series Editor page Full title page Copyright page Series Note Marketing page Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Precursors 1 ‘THUGGEE’ AND THE MARGINS OFTHE COLONIAL STATE IN EARLYNINETEENTH-CENTURY INDIA 2 THE VELLORE MUTINY FROM THE SEPOYS’POINT OF VIEW 3 PROPHECIES OF INSURRECTION 4 THE AWADH ROYAL FAMILY 5 AN INDIAN CRITIC OF COMPANY RULE 6 VIEWS ON THE INDIAN ARMYTHE 7 THE CIRCULATION OF CHAPATTIS The Uprising: Indian Experiences and Reactions 1 EVENTS IN MEERUT: DEPOSITIONS TAKEN BY MAJOR G.W. WILLIAMS, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE 2 EVENTS IN DELHI: THE ARRIVAL OF REBELS AND LIFE UNDER SIEGE 3 LIAQUA T ALI KHAN: THE CELEBRITY MAULVI 4 PROCLAMATIONS OF NANA SAHIB 5 AN INDIAN REBEL MANIFESTO: THE ‘AZAMGARH PROCLAMATION’ 6 A SUBALTERN-REBEL DOCUMENT: ‘ADVICE OF THE ROYAL ARMY’ 7 BENGALI PRESS REPORTS ON THE UPRISING 8 PETITIONS EXPRESSING LOYALTY 9 A PETITION FOR CLEMENCY FROM A TRANSPORTED MUTINEER 10 ADDRESS FROM THE ‘NATIVE COMMUNITY OF BENGAL’ 11 MOHAMMED ALI KHAN’S STORY 12 THE DELHI POEM OF KAZAN SINGH 13 ISHRI PERSHAD’S EXPLANATION FOR AND ADVICE ON THE UPRISING 14 GHALIB AND DELHI 15 THE ‘CONFESSION’ AND ‘TRIAL’OF TATYA TOPE 16 REBELS IN NEPAL AND THE DEATHOF NANA SAHIB 17 FOLK SONGS AND THE ORAL TRADITION The Uprising: British Experiences and Reactions 1 THE FLIGHT FROM DELHI 2 A BRITISH A RTISAN’S VIEW FROM CALCUTTA 3 A BRITISH PRESS REPORT FROM INDIA, JUNE 1857 4 PETITION FROM THE BRITISHIN HABITANTS OF CALCUTTA 5 THE INDIAN PICKLE 6 ‘INDISCRIMINATE’ EXECUTION: RENAUD’S MARCH AND GENERAL NEILLACT 7 THE EXECUTION OF THE 51ST REGIMENT 8 THE EXECUTION OF THE 26TH NATIVE INFANTRY 9 THE LETTERS OF A BRITISH SOLDIER IN INDIA 10 AN INDIAN MUTINY SERMON, LONDON 11 THE DAY OF ‘NATIONAL HUMILIATION’ 12 LETTER OF RE VEREND RAGLAND 13 BRITISH POEMS ON THE UPRISING 14 THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF THOMAS B. MACAULAY 15 THE LETTERS OF BR YAN WALLER PROCTER 16 JAMES MI NCHIN’S SONNETS, 1858JAMES 17 THE LETTERS AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY 18 THE PLUNDER OF DELHI AND LUCKNOW 19 THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ENQUIRY INTO ‘POPULAR OPINION’ 20 SONGS OF THE MU TINY BY ‘LOYALIST IRISH’ The Uprising: Global Reactions 1 THE OPINION OF MARX AND ENGELS 2 COLONIAL RESPONSES TO THE DEMAND FOR REINFORCEMENTS 3 A LUKEWARM OFFER, AS REPORTED BY THE BRITISH ENVOY IN TEHRAN 4 IRISH NATIONALIST PRESS REPORTS 5 AMERICAN VIEWS ON EVENTS IN INDIA 6 A GERMAN VIEW FROM LONDON 7 FRENCH R EACTIONS TO THE UPRISING 8 A FRENCH AMBASSADOR’S VIEW FROM EAST ASIA 9 CHINESE PERSPECTIVES ON THE UPRISING 10 CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE REBEL SEPOYS 11 SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS REPORTS 12 FEARS OF INSURRECTION AMONG CONVICTS IN SINGAPORE 13 THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND 14 RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE INDIAN QUESTION The Aftermath 1 MEMORANDUM CONCERNING‘RUMOURS OF EUROPEAN FEMALE SHAVING BEEN DISHONOURED’ 2 EDWARD LECKEY’S FICTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE INDIAN OUTBREAK EXPOSED 3 ‘DEALING WITH THE REBELS’ IN THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN 4 R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN’S THE INDIAN EM PIRE 5 THE TRIAL OF BAHADUR SHAH 6 A SPEECH OF JOHN BRIGHT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 THE P ROCLAMATION OF THE QUEEN 8 THE LETTER OF DR THOMAS GUTHRIE AND RIPOSTE OF LORD ELPHINSTONE 9 THE PUNISHMENT O F DISLOYALTY 10 THE FUTURE OF THE INDIAN ARMY 11 SAMUEL SMILES DISCUSSES THE INDIAN MUTINY Remembering ‘the Mutiny’ 1 THE MEMOIR OF D URGADAS BANDOPADHYAY 2 KHWAJA HASAN NIZAMI’S DELHI KI JAN KUNI 3 ALLAMAH FADL-I-HAQQ KHAIRABADI’S THE STORY OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 4 JAMES KENNEDY, A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY IN VARANASIJAMES 5 THE REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM FORBES MITCHELL 6 WILLIAM KNIGHT’S JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA 7 THE SUPPOSED CAPTUR E OF NANA SAHIB 8 MACOON, THE TRINIDAD ‘SEPOY BANDIT’ Re-imagining the Uprising in Poetry and Prose 1 A BRITISH GRIOT: WILLIAM MCGONAGALL AND HIS INDIAN MUTINY POEMS 2 VICHITRA VIRYYA: A N ALLEGORICAL NOVEL 3 RAJANIKANTA GUPTA’S SIPAHI JUDDHER ITIHAS 4 A NORTHERN IR ISH BROADSIDE BALLAD 5 A SCOTTISH B ROADSIDE BALLAD 6 A POEM ON LU CKNOW FROM AMERICA 7 THE ‘MUTINY NOVEL’ 8 KHWAJA HASAN NIZAMI’S BEGUMAT KE ANSU 9 VEERANGANA UDA DEVI Memorialising the Mutiny 1 VISITING MUTINY M EMORIAL SITES 2 MUTINY TOURS: THE MEMORIALISED LANDSCAPE OF NORTHERN INDIA 3 POPULAR AND PUBL IC INDIAN MEMORIALS 4 TOMBS AND EPITAPHS 5 RESTORATION OF MU SLIM SACREDSITES IN DELHI Commemorations 1 A BRITISH PRESS REPORT FROM 1907EVIDENTLY, 2 HISTORIES OF THE UPRISING PUBLISHED IN1907–1909 3 A COMMEMORATIVE POEM BY RUDYARD KIPLING, 1907 4 HILTON’S CENTENARY HISTORY 5 BRITISH PRESS REPORTS ON THE CENTENARY OF THE UPRISING 6 COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVES ON THE CENTENARY 7 THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA’S RADIO BROADCAST, 14 AUGUST 1957 8 THE PRESS IN PAKISTAN AND THE 1857 CENTENARY 9 COMMEMORATIONS I N 2007 Glossary About the Editors Index