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“On the whole, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the so-called First National War of Independence was neither First, nor National, nor a War of Independence.”

  • UPSC 1985
  • Indian Response to British Rule

This verdict on the Revolt of 1857, offered by R.C. Majumdar, punctures the nationalist label given to it by V.D. Savarkar and Jawaharlal Nehru, testing the claim on three separate counts.

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  • Neither First, Nor National
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