The Indian Mutiny of 1857 12+

📙 Colonel G. B. Malleson's definitive history of the mutiny against British rule in India is more than just a narrative of the dreadful events of 1857 and the insanity of colonialism, but also provides now-suppressed insights into race, racial psychology and the true causes of interracial conflict.Using official documents, personal letters and private journals of those involved, Malleson tells the story of the massacre of the Europeans at Cawnpore, the siege of Delhi and the final relief of Lucknow.ContentsI. introductoryII. The conspiratorsIII. The first mutterings of the stormIV. The spread of the epidemicV. Barrackpur, Calcutta, and the northwest to the 9th of MayVI. The revolt at Mirath and the seizure of DelhiVII. The effect, throughout India, of the seizure of DelhiVIII. The progress of the insurrection in the north-west in May and JuneIX. The march to DelhiX. Kanhpur, Lakhnao, and AllahabadXI. Calcutta in June and JulyXII. The leaguer of KanhpurXIII. Neill at Banaras and Allahabad Havelock's recovery of KanhpurXIV. The residency of Lakhnao after Chinhat-Havelock's first attempts to relieve itXV. Calcutta and western Bihar in July and AugustXVI. The first relief of the Lakhnao residencyXVII. The leaguer of AgraXVIII. Events in the Sagar and Narbada territories, central India, Rajputana, the Mirath districts, Rohilkhand, and the PanjabXIX. The siege and storming of DelhiXX. From Delhi to Agra and Kanhpur sir Colin Campbell at KanhpurXXI. The second relief of th...