The First War Of Independence
Late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857, the sepoys in the cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny. It began in the lines of the native infantry, spread very swiftly to the cavalry and then to the city. The ordinary people of the town and surrounding villages joined the sepoys. The sepoys captured the bell of arms where the arms and ammunition were kept and proceeded to attack white people, and to ransack and burn their bungalows and property. Government buildings – the record office, jail, court, post office, treasury, etc. – were destroyed and plundered. The telegraph line to Delhi was cut. As darkness descended, a group of sepoys rode off towards Delhi. The sepoys arrived at the gates of the Red Fort early in the morning on 11 May. It was the month of Ramzan, the Muslim holy month of prayer and fasting. The old Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah, had just finished his prayers and meal before the sun rose and the fast began. He heard the commotion at the gates. The sepoys who had gathered under his window told him: “We have come from Meerut after killing all the Englishmen there, because they asked us to bite bullets that were coated with the fat of cows and pigs with our teeth. This has corrupted the faith of Hindus and Muslims alike.’’ Another group of sepoys also entered Delhi, and the ordinary people of the city joined them. Europeans were killed in large numbers; the rich of Delhi were attacked and looted. It was clear that Delhi had gone out of British control. Some sepoys rode into the Red Fort, without observing the elaborate court etiquette expected of them. They demanded that the emperor give them his blessings. Surrounded by the sepoys, Bahadur Shah had no other option but to comply. The revolt thus acquired a kind of legitimacy because it could now be carried on in the name of the Mughal emperor. Through 12 and 13 May, North India remained quiet. Once word spread that Delhi had fallen to the rebels and Bahadur Shah had blessed the rebellion, events moved swiftly. Cantonment after cantonment in the Gangetic valley and some to the west of Delhi rose in mutiny. Click Here To know More about the First War Of Independence. |
The Indian Freedom Struggle against the British Imperalism forms the core of Indian democracy. It's high cherished values is the reason behind Indian being a successful democracy. In many of the other developing countries democratic form of governments were often marred by military coups and internal unrests. India stood as a proud example where a billion plus country have enough opportunites to choose their leaders. Many Nationalist's sacrifices have brought freedom to the citizens of India, the freedom to speak, the freedom to choose their rulers, the freedom to define their relations with other countries, the freedom to decide trade policies, the freedom to build, the freedom to progress, the freedom for eauality. It is after Indian Inpdependence, many plundered nations got the space to gasp for breathe from the clunches of the Imperalism. Here in this Section we try to present in brief the Indian Freedom struggle. The Indian Freedom struggle started way back in 1857, which was brutually suppressed by the british. After many transformation India Finally gained Independence on 15th August, 1947. The rebirth of a Brilliant Nation. The Revolt of 1857 is called 'The First War Of Independece" by Indians, but was rediculed as "Sepoy Mutiny " by the British. Whatever the people call, it is the combined effort where people of all religions, regions were untied against a common enemy.The rebel proclamations in 1857 repeatedly appealed to all sections of the population, irrespective of their caste and creed. Many of the proclamations were issued by Muslim princes or in their names but even these took care to address the sentiments of Hindus. The rebellion was seen as a war in which both Hindus and Muslims had equally to lose or gain. But the Revolt was so brutually oppressed that to regain the same level of uprising and combined taken many decades. The national movement in the twentieth century drew |
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"Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful
ideas have been carried forward from one race to another...But mark you, my friends, it has been always
with the blast of war trumpets and the march of embattled cohorts. Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge
of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the
tears of widows. This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed.
Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and
tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas
have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it.
We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head,
and therefore we live.... !---Swami Vivekananda, Great Indian Philosopher
India’s economy has been one of the stars of global economics in recent years, growing 9.2% in 2007 and 9.6% in 2006. Growth had been supported by markets reforms, huge inflows of FDI, rising foreign exchange reserves, both an IT and real estate boom, and a flourishing capital market.The positive point is the expanding consumer,middle income,high income families..A list is given below.
