The British historians may call it ‘The Sepoy Mutiny’ or ‘The Revolt of 1857’ or by any other name, but the uprising of 1857 will always be the First War of Independence in India. Even though it was ...

The story of seven chieftains (palegars), who attempted a rebellion against the British rule in Chitradurga, eight years before the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, is one of the lesser-known episodes in the fight ...

Tarzi’s “The Break of Dawn” is a yet another instance of a building modern Indian patriotism on the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny.

A simple rifle cartridge drenched in animal fat ignited a furious revolt that rocked British rule in India. This short doc reveals how one trigger pulled started a chain reaction of rebellion.

What is the similarity between British retribution after recapturing Delhi from mutineers in 1857 and the Israeli state’s raging military operation in Gaza today? The two incidents may be separated by ...

Running date on pages is 1857.

Rani Lakshmi Bai fought in the 1857 revolt after the British denied her adopted son's claim to Jhansi throne The British East India Company annexed Jhansi under the Doctrine of Lapse after her husband ...

Just before he was hanged at Lahore, last week, for assassinating an Englishwoman from political motives, ex-Private Sajah Singh said to his British executioners: “If I had been released I would have ...