"The forgotten violence that helped India break free" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Mar 2019 12:48 p.m. PST |
… from colonial rule. "The popular view of India's journey to independence from British rule is the famous story of Mohandas Gandhi's extraordinary campaign of non-violent protest. It is a heritage still marked today during international state visits. But there was another, often forgotten – and much less peaceful – side to the struggle for Indian independence…."
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| goragrad | 28 Mar 2019 9:23 p.m. PST |
Rather amusing that the Indian Mutiny becomes the 'uprising of 1857' (Indian Rebellion of 1857 in wiki) considering that it started as a mutiny by sepoys in service with the East India Company. A significant percentage of the later combatants were also mutineers. In watching 'Ghandhi' when the Amritsar Massacre came up I noted that Brigadier Dyer had acted no differently than a native prince/rajah would have in putting down popular unrest. On that point, it is of interest that Dyer had spent over 30 years in the Indian Army at the time the massacre occurred. And that all of the 50 soldiers involved were natives. |
| Tango01 | 29 Mar 2019 11:50 a.m. PST |
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