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“In 1857, the rebel sepoys showed a remarkable centripetal tendency to congregate at Delhi.” Do you agree? Substantiate.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Indian Response to British Rule

The movement of mutinous regiments toward Delhi in May 1857 was striking enough in pattern that historians have described it as a centripetal tendency — yet the reasons behind that convergence reveal more about circumstance and symbolism than about any coordinated national design.

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  • The Pattern of Convergence
  • Explaining the Pull Toward Delhi
  • The Limits of Reading This as National Design
  • Delhi's Function Once Established

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