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Its position in Indian culture has been compared with that of Italy in European culture. Given different historical situations, the comparison might have gone the other way. Western impact was central to Calcutta (particularly noticeable in its architecture), the capital of British India, and provided the impetus for what is known as the Bengal Renaissance.
After taking over the Punjab in 1849, the Company reduced the number of British Army regiments in India. This was for reasons of economy, and to send men to the Crimean War (1854-56). Of the 159,000 men on the Bengal Army establishment in 1857, 24,000 were European and 135,000 were Indian sepoys (infantry) and sowars (cavalry).
The Sepoy Mutiny, 1857: The Indian View Ron Peters The following two articles, Ron Peters on the Indian perspective of the Sepoy Mutiny and Greg Aydt on the Cuban perspective of the Spanish-American War, are written by two M.A. in History graduate students at Eastern Illinois. Both first wrote the essays in Dr. Roger Beck's
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Jan 24, 2007 · In this work Bayly accepted Marshall's argument that Britons did not plan the ‘revolution’ of 1757 in Bengal, but suggested that ‘the Company's long held desire to acquire a local fiscal base and its tendency to regard the Bengal rulers as mere officials rather than kings suggest that this “revolution” was an outcome of basic organization and assumptions of its Indian establishments ...
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May 9, 2020 · The Mutiny of 1857 had many dimensions. It started with the sepoys of the Bengal Army rising in revolt against the British Raj in northern India from 10 May 1857 onwards. Diverse social classes (landlords and peasants, princes and merchants) and religious communities (Hindus and Muslims) participated in the revolt, each for their own reasons.
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Oct 17, 2024 · In India it is also called the “First War of Independence” and other similar names. Background. To regard the rebellion merely as a sepoy mutiny is to underestimate the root causes leading to it. British paramountcy—i.e., the belief in British dominance in Indian political, economic, and cultural life—had been introduced in India about ...
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Apr 12, 2021 · The nawab’s army of 50,000 soldiers outnumbered Clive’s force of just 3000. However, the secret alliance of the British with the conspirators strengthened the British foothold in the battle. Moreover, Mir Jafar, with around one-third of the Bengali army, did not join the battle and contributed to Nawab's defeat.
