World history/WHME102/Modernization and resistance/The Indian mutiny

Reading

Read the below articles about Indian resistance to imperialism. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What caused the Indian Mutiny?

• What were the consequences of the Indian Mutiny, for India and for Great Britain?

George Landow, 'The 1857 Indian Mutiny (also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, the Great Mutiny, and the Revolt of 1857)', The Victorian Web: Literature, History and Culture in the Age of Victoria, August 2007.

Desmond Kuah and Jacqueline Banerjee, '"The Epic of the Race": The Indian Uprisings of 1857', The Victorian Web: Literature, History and Culture in the Age of Victoria, February 2015.

Share your thoughts about these readings with your fellow students on WEnotes. For example:

• British officials ...

• After the Mutiny was quelled ...

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