The revolt of 1857, called the First Indian War of Independence, was neither "first" nor a "war of independence". Discuss.
Introduction
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Main Body
(I) Revolt of 1857 => Not the (FIRST) War of Independence.
(II) Tribal revolts => against the expansion of commercial cultivation and wheat to traditional socio-economic fabric of the country, eg: Khond uprising, Santal revolt, Chuor rebellion.
(III) Socio-religious reform movements we paralleled revolt,
(III) Revolt of 1857 => Not the first (WAR OF INDEPENDENCE). The revolt was not one war of independence, because it did not envision a nationalist pan-India uprising towards freedom of India from foreign rule. Eg: Regionalistic => much each and other both India was absent. => Class united => did not see participation of landed class, zamindars, educated intelligentsia. => The leaders of revolt did not seek to create an 'independent' 'sovereignty' India, rather they wanted to go back to 'feudalistic myghul feudation'.
— Ritika Chitlangia
Conclusion
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- Challenges the conventional narrative about the Revolt of 1857
- Provides examples of preceding revolts
- Distinguishes between different types of revolts
- Shows nuanced understanding of the period
Ritika Chitlangia
Modern Indian History
The Freedom Struggle
The Revolt of 1857
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