Author: W. J. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cawnpore
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore
Author: W. J. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cawnpore
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Story of Cawnpore
Author: Mowbray ThomsonPublisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN:
Category : Cawnpore (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Our Bones Are Scattered
Author: Andrew WardPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 9780805024371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
A recreation of a dramatic turning point in colonial history follows the Indian Mutinies of the 1850s through the stories of garrison commander Hugh Massey Wheeler, the forty-day Hindu king Nana Sahib, and revolt leader Azimullah.
Spectre of Violence
Author: Rudrangshu MukherjeePublisher:
ISBN: 9780143101819
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
An Illuminating Inquiry Into The Play Of Power And Dominance Behind 1857 On 27 June 1857, Rebels Publicly Slaughtered Over 300 Men, Women And Children Of The Master Race At The Satichaura Ghat In Kanpur. On 15 July, A Group Of Women And Children Who Had Survived Were Killed At The Bibighur. Two Days Later, General Havelock Reclaimed Kanpur And Colonel James Neill Decimated The Rebel Population. This Sequence Of Violence Has Held Sway Over Indian And British Imaginations For Generations, And Historians And Commentators Have Recounted The Massacres With Horror. Locating The Massacres In The Upheaval Which Overtook North India In The Early Nineteenth Century, Rudrangshu Mukherjee, An Eminent 1857 Historian, Analyses The Nature Of The Violence. Mukherjee Argues That The Absence Of Rebel Accounts And Chronicles Inhibits A Telling Of Their Version Of The Story. What Is Available Are The Contemporary Accounts Of British Survivors, Diaries Of British Loyalists And Depositions As Part Of The Official Report Prepared By The British. By Reading These Sources Against Their Grain And By Examining The Manner In Which The Evidence Was Stitched Together, Spectre Of Violence Brings To Light Fresh Directions Of Inquiry Into The Events Of 1857.
The Devil's Trap
Author: James W. BancroftPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526718030
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This history of the Siege of Cawnpore and the massacre of British noncombatants in Colonial India reveals the human side of the struggle. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the strategic garrison at Cawnpore was surprised by an extended siege. Many British noncombatants were holed up in a makeshift entrenchment, suffering from thirst, starvation and disease, all while being bombarded with cannon balls and bullets. After nearly two months, the company surrendered to the rebel leader Nana Sahib in exchange for safe passage out of the city. But when the survivors reached Sati Chaura Ghat, a landing on the River Ganges, they were massacred. Much has been written about the siege of Cawnpore and the political events which caused it, but there less known about the people who suffered the ordeal. In The Devil’s Trap, historian James Bancroft studies official documentation and primary sources from both sides to offer a more human understanding of events and shed light on the lives of the victims.
A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857
Author: W. J. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kānpur (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore, During the Sepoy Revolt Of 1857
Author: W J ShepherdPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230391908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... on to Cawnpore, where the poor man was killed by order of the Nana. "Poor Mrs. Carter was kept a prisoner under a guard of "the 7th Cavalry, and after passing the perils of child-birth--a girl "born on the 15th June--she appears to have Been treated by the "Paishwa's widows with consideration and even with kindness, who "possessed the softer and kindlier feelings of womanhood, especially "towards a suffering and unfortunate member of their sex. But to the "Nana pity was unknown, revenge precious, even though expended "on a weak and helpless woman and unconscious babe; and though "at first overlooking his poor captive, whilst occupied in preparing "for the safety of his own miserable life, he did not allow himself "to forget her entirely." CHAPTER IX. I Will now relate what occurred among the prisoners at Putkapoor. When the sepoys of the guard found, on the evening of the 16th July, that the station was deserted by the rebel army, and that a large portion of the population of the city was gone, they also made arrangements to leave, by bringing out their clothes and traps and making them into bundles. The subadar's pony was saddled, and at about candle-light they rose to start. The prison door had been kept locked since eight o'clock that morning; for fear of some, if not all, of the prisoners taking advantage of the confusion and running away, the subadar kept the key of the lock with him, and thus we got no water to drink all that day. Now, when the prisoners saw that they were about to be thus abandoned, they gave a tremendous shout, and used certain expressions, implying that the sepoys would for ever be cursed if they left them thus shut up in this prison. This had its effect; the subadar returned, and made arrangements with a...
A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore, During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857
Author: J. W. ShepherdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Cawnpore Man
Author: Mowbray ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781846775734
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A story of siege, massacre and survival Mowbray Thompson was an officer -stationed at Cawnpore with Wheeler's command within the Indian North Eastern province of Oudh during 1857-the year of the outbreak of the Great Indian Mutiny. The tiny Cawnpore garrison was soon attacked-principally by elements of the Native Bengal Army-and withdrew to occupy an entirely unsuitable and ultimately impossible to defend position. After a period of bloody battle, costly in the lives of soldiers and civilians alike the situation seemed hopeless. Then an offer of honourable surrender appeared to offer the miracle of salvation. But the nightmare of the defenders of Cawnpore was about to escalate to levels of unimagined horror. A series of atrocities was about to befall them that were so terrible that they would become a rallying cry for Blood Vengeance throughout the British empire. This is story of one man-told in his own words-who lived through those terrible days.
A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore
Author: W. J. ShepherdPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781294666790
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
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