A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories which show that they were much more complex than hitherto thought. Drawing on sources in Britain and India, including contemporary East India Company records, together with oral memories from India illustrated with a number of nineteenth century photographs, the author tells of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah; of Indians who opposed the Mutiny, and suffered at the hands of the "mutineers"; of a small, but significant, number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British; and of the infamous "prize agents" of the East India Company - licensed looters whose rapacity seemed limitless. The book conveys vividly what it was like for different kinds of participants to live through these traumatic events, bringing to life their anxiety and desperation, the grisly bloodshed, and the vast devastation - illustrating overall, as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company's army put it, "the wind of madness". Dr ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES is author and editor of numerous books on India, including The Nawabs, the British and the City of Lucknow (1985) and Portraits of the Indian Princes (forthcoming).

In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe and protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years to defend its 'jewel in the crown'. This book, drawing on the latest sources as well as numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, including the massacres at Cawnpore and the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this compelling, at times horrifying, subject.

With indepth study on the events of Lucknow and Kota.

A collection of essays on the history and relationships of the East India Company from 1600 to the early 1800s.

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India in 1857-58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.Chapter 1: Indian Rebellion of 1857Chapter 2: Company rule in India2.1 Development2.2 Guideline of Company rule2.3 Income assortment 2.4 Common help2.5 Trade 2.6 Equity framework2.7 Instruction2.8 Social change2.9 Post and transmit 2.10 Telecommunication2.11 Railroads2.12 WaterwaysChapter 3: Reasons for the rebellionChapter 4: The Enfield rifle Chapter 5: Regular citizen restlessnessChapter 6: The Bengal ArmyChapter 7: Beginning of the Rebellion 7.1 Mangal Pandey 7.2 Distress during April 18577.3 Meerut 7.4 Delhi 7.5 Supporters and resistance Chapter 8: The Revolt 8.1 Attack of Delhi 8.2 Catch of Delhi by the renegades 8.3 Mughal reclamation8.4 Organization moves Chapter 9: The attack 9.1 June through July9.2 The siege: August to September9.3 The catch of Delhi9.4 Groundwork for the attack9.5 The catch of the cityChapter 10: Attack of Cawnpore 10.1 Disobedience at Fatehgarh10.2 Episode of defiance at Cawnpore10.3 Nana Sahib's contribution 10.4 Ambush on 23 June10.5 Give up of the British powers10.6 Bibighar slaughterChapter 10.7 Recover and revenge by the BritishChapter 11 Recover and revenge by the British11.1 Fallout11.2 MemorialsChapter 12: Attack of LucknowChapter 13: Raging of Secundra BaghChapter 14: Jhansi Fort Chapter 15: Panic of 1857