Today’s episode is a brief introduction to why the Indian Mutiny (aka 1st War of independence) of 1857 happened. Why did thousands of previously loyal Indian Sepoys turn against their officers?
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From Sepoy to Subedhar - Sita Ram - free on this link - https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0743
Mutiny - Saul David - purchase via this link - https://amzn.to/40XjF6O
True to their Salt - Ravindra Rathee - amazon link - https://amzn.to/42SAtgO
Our bones are scattered - Andrew Ward - Amazon link - https://amzn.to/3zuUYCV
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