First war of independence: 1857

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for me the most striking thing about the whole british presence in india was that it was precisely twice that the english were shaken up - once when they got stick during the revolt of 57, and later when they got stick from the bengal nationalist movement (in general) and the INA (in particular).

stick is the only thing that's ever worked with colonials. a little stick in dien bien phu (or whatever is the name) is all it took vietnam to send france packing.

its sad that the revolt of 57 was a localised affair. else we may have become free then and there.