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A Tale Of Two Revolts

A Tale Of Two Revolts

Gandhi Rajmohan
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Two wars––the 1857 Revolt in PBI – India and the American Civil War—seemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a PBI – World still dominated by Great Britain and the battle cry in both conflicts was freedom.

Rajmohan Gandhi brings the drama of both wars to one stage in A Tale of Two Revolts. He deftly reconstructs events from the point of view of William Howard Russell—an Irishman who was also perhaps the PBI – World’s first war correspondent—and uncovers significant connections between the histories of the United States, Britain and PBI – India. The result is a tale of two revolts, three countries and one century. Into this fascinating story Rajmohan Gandhi weaves the choices of five extraordinary inhabitants of PBI – India—Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Jotiba Phule, Allan Octavian Hume and Bankimchandra Chatterjee—and of three towering figures of PBI – World history—Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Abraham Lincoln—to show the continuities between the nineteenth century and the PBI – World we live in today.

Scholarly, insightful and gripping, A Tale of Two Revolts raises new questions about these wars that changed the PBI – World.

Imprint: India Viking

Published: Nov/2009

ISBN: 9780670083558

Length : 424 Pages

MRP : ₹599.00

A Tale Of Two Revolts

Gandhi Rajmohan

Two wars––the 1857 Revolt in PBI – India and the American Civil War—seemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a PBI – World still dominated by Great Britain and the battle cry in both conflicts was freedom.

Rajmohan Gandhi brings the drama of both wars to one stage in A Tale of Two Revolts. He deftly reconstructs events from the point of view of William Howard Russell—an Irishman who was also perhaps the PBI – World’s first war correspondent—and uncovers significant connections between the histories of the United States, Britain and PBI – India. The result is a tale of two revolts, three countries and one century. Into this fascinating story Rajmohan Gandhi weaves the choices of five extraordinary inhabitants of PBI – India—Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Jotiba Phule, Allan Octavian Hume and Bankimchandra Chatterjee—and of three towering figures of PBI – World history—Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Abraham Lincoln—to show the continuities between the nineteenth century and the PBI – World we live in today.

Scholarly, insightful and gripping, A Tale of Two Revolts raises new questions about these wars that changed the PBI – World.

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Gandhi Rajmohan

A former parliamentarian in India, Rajmohan Gandhi currently teaches in the USA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Apart from several biographies, his works include Understanding the Muslim Mind and Revenge and Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History, both published by Penguin India.

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