SAVARKAR VINAYAK DAMODAR
THE INDIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1857
Year: 1947Size: 22.9 x 15 cm (9 x 5.9 inches)
Second Edition, 4to, xxvi+ 552 pp. Publisher’s original red cloth binding with title in black on spine. Fine condition.
Inscribed ‘Arun Sharama’ on top right corner of front first fly leaf.
widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. It was long described by Western historians as the “Indian Mutiny,” or “Sepoy Mutiny.” In India it is also called the “First War of Independence” and other similar names.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentelman
Good Condition
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