Mangal Pandey: Brave Martyr or Accidental Hero? by Rudrangshu Mukherjee

1 BOOKS FOUND ON YOUR SEARCH.

Mangal Pandey: Brave Martyr or Accidental Hero?

by Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Qty :

Price : $ ~~2.14~~
Your Price : $ 1.95
You Save : $ 0.19 (9%)
On a sleepy Sunday afternoon in March 1857, an agitated sepoy in the English East India Company�s 34th Native Infantry marched on to the parade ground in Barrackpore, exhorting his comrades to join him in protecting their religion from the Europeans. When British officers arrived to arrest him, he drew his sword on them and then turned his musket on himself. As he was led off to the gallows a few days later, Mangal Pandey passed into history and legend as the man who single-handedly started the 1857 Rising. But who was the real Mangal Pandey? A dashing, heroic figure, as portrayed by Aamir Khan in the film The Rising? A fiery patriot who embarked on a suicidal mission to defend his country�s honour? Or just an ordinary sepoy who, in a state of intoxication, committed a foolhardy act for which he was hanged? Lively, thought-provoking as well as scholarly, Rudrangshu Mukherjee�s analysis of this emotive episode in Indian history presents a vivid picture of life in the barracks of the East India Company�s cantonments in 1857, describes the social customs and military regulations that governed the daily routines of Mangal Pandey and other Indian sepoys, and examines the controversies and unrest that foreshadowed the 1857 Rising. Uncovering the hard facts behind the myths and conjectures of popular belief, nationalist rhetoric and cinematic imagination, this book provides, for the first time, a credible portrait of Mangal Pandey as he really was.

Untitled Document

Some More Books of Similar Interest

The Secret-Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi	Everything Is F*cked : A Book About Hope by Mark Manson	The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson
One Arranged Murder by Chetan Bhagat	Girl in White Cotton (Burnt Sugar) by Avni Doshi	Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

If you didn't find any required book(s),
Please mail us the details we will find it for you through our resources.
Kindly click here to send your requirement now.

OR

You may try advance search through below given search window.

Untitled Document

   Tips to get best Search results:
   1. Carefully check the spellings of words typed in the search box.
   2. Type one word in Search box to get better results.
   eg. for searching a book "Sikhism in India" just type sikhism in search box.
   3. Do not use Phrases to search a book like "Books on art of Himachal Pradesh".
   Just search for "art of Himachal Pradesh".
   4. To search a book on author, choose author in drop down menu given above
    search window before pressing Submit button.