08-06-2006, 01:30 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-pulikeshi+Jul 11 2004, 10:45 AM-->QUOTE(pulikeshi @ Jul 11 2004, 10:45 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Interesting thread... but should'nt we change the name or the thread to say something like: "Indian war for independence - 1857".
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I think it is to fall victim of British propaganda to call 1857 as 'Indian war of Independence'. If the warring parties would have won against the British, individual rulers would have got their own lands, there was no 'independence of india' at stake in 1857. this tag was given to nail in the fact that indians historically lack unity. when ever we talk of unity in present day India, inveriably 1857 war is brought up as an example of Indianâs historic lack of unity. <b>that is most ridiculous.</b>
war of 1857 had nothing to do with Indian unity. simply because there was no notion of India. It was war of 'moghal allies' against <b>'britis allies'</b>. the major strength of british army was due to Sikhs and Gorkhas. which were at that time british allies, but in history they are seen as british subordinates. Sikhs had much greater scorn for moghals then for british, to support them in the 1857 war. British allies had no way to know at that time, that british would enslave whole of india and their own allies for 200 years. for them the atrocities of the Muslims were known. the British seemed to be a better choice.
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I think it is to fall victim of British propaganda to call 1857 as 'Indian war of Independence'. If the warring parties would have won against the British, individual rulers would have got their own lands, there was no 'independence of india' at stake in 1857. this tag was given to nail in the fact that indians historically lack unity. when ever we talk of unity in present day India, inveriably 1857 war is brought up as an example of Indianâs historic lack of unity. <b>that is most ridiculous.</b>
war of 1857 had nothing to do with Indian unity. simply because there was no notion of India. It was war of 'moghal allies' against <b>'britis allies'</b>. the major strength of british army was due to Sikhs and Gorkhas. which were at that time british allies, but in history they are seen as british subordinates. Sikhs had much greater scorn for moghals then for british, to support them in the 1857 war. British allies had no way to know at that time, that british would enslave whole of india and their own allies for 200 years. for them the atrocities of the Muslims were known. the British seemed to be a better choice.