I bought this wonderful biography on 3 Nov 2004 somewhere on the road from Delhi to Agra on my way to a legal conference at…
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Tag: History of India
A gem – The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising
This excellent book focuses on the events of the first 6 months of 1857 which led to the outbreak of the Indian mutiny { called…
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The definitive history on the Amritsar shooting – Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre
When General Dyer died, the great imperialist poet Rudyard Kipling sent a wreath with these words ” He did his duty as he saw it.”…
View More The definitive history on the Amritsar shooting – Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre