In particular, we welcome explorations of particular phenomena or events that provide insight into the dynamics of historical processes, elucidate historical change at turning points of history, and illuminate the conditions of all things that follow them. Picturing Charlotte Bronts artistic rebellion Myths of the woman artist in postfeminist Jane Eyre screen adaptations. It is the editors' hope that contributors will freely develop the “Through the Looking-Glass” aspect of history by implementing a variety of methodological approaches and utilizing a wide range of textual and non-textual sources. Its historical scope encompasses all periods, yet with a focus on the time before 1900. The geographical scope of the JAH is as vast as Asia itself. dissolution of the British British East India Company. They were joined by native rulers and thousands of ordinary people in a struggle that threatened to destroy British colonial power on the Indian subcontinent. The 1857 rebellion, which began with the mutiny of Indian troops stationed near Delhi, had several chief results: a year-long insurrection that changed attitudes - both British and Indian towards British rule of India. The journal is published by Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. Why did the Indian Mutiny happen In 1857, Indian soldiers rose up against their British commanders. 49) are Dorothee Schaab-Hanke (OSTASIEN Verlag Gossenberg, Germany) and Achim Mittag (University of Tübingen). This article shall refer to the events of 1857-58 as the Indian mutiny, not the Indian rebellion or first war of independence, for simplicity and consistency, as it focuses on nineteenth-century British attitudes to 1857, in the context of which mutiny is the most appropriate label. For over a year the British struggled to retain their rule during a bloody and often cruel campaign that witnessed atrocities by both sides. The main centres of revolt were Delhi, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Jhansi and Gwalior. 46-48) by Roderich Ptak, LMU Munich, and Claudius C. Following the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny at Meerut in May 1857, uprisings occurred across northern and central India. 1-45) by Denis Sinor (†2011), Indiana University, Bloomington, and from 2012-2014 (vols. Economic and Political Weekly, 42, 1734–1738.The Journal of Asian History, founded in 1967, was formerly edited (vols. Reactivating the past: Dalits and memories of 1857. The peasant armed: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 (C. Re-assessing writings on the Rebellion: Savarkar to Surendranath Sen. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that. 4 5 The rebellion began on in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km. The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India: Exploring transgressions, contests and diversities. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 185758 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. Spectre of violence: The 1857 Kanpur Massacres. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, Special South Asian Edition. 1857 or, can the Indian “mutiny” be fixed?
Discipline and punish: The birth of the prison. Focusing on the interaction between local politics and imperial networks of information, Bender effectively re-examines the 'Mutiny' as a genuinely global event. English Prisoners (1857), written with Wilkie Collins to commemorate British heroics during the Indian Mutiny, starkly defines the limits of Dickenss. violence of the slave owners that inspired the rebellion (Drescher. Religious rhetoric in the Delhi uprising of 1857. ‘This well-researched book breaks new ground by tracing the impact of, and local responses to, the Indian uprising of 1857 throughout the British Empire. Charlotte Bronts Jane Eyre and her sister Emilys Wuthering Heights are two such. Economic and Political Weekly, 42, 1692–1695.ĭalrymple, W. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.Ĭhakrabarty, D.
Modern South Asia: History, culture, political economy. The rebellion started in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 miles northeast of Delhi, in April 1857, and its superficial cause was the refusal of 85 Indian sepoys (infantrymen) to use. New Delhi: Orient Longman.īose, S., & Jalal, A. The Indian Mutiny, as it was traditionally known by the British, was much more than a military insurrection but rather less than a full-scale national revolt. Bates (Eds.), Mutiny at the margins: New perspectives on the Indian uprising of 1857, Vol. Sir George Grey and the 1857 Indian Rebellion: The unmaking and making of an imperial career. From Plassey to partition: A history of modern India.
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