Delhi in 1857

Author: Prabha ChopraPainter/Illustrator/Animator: R K TandonPublisher: Publications DivisionYear: 2008Language: EnglishPages: 90ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123014715 DescriptionOn 2oth September, 1857 British recaptured Delhi and hoisted their flag from the ramparts of Red Fort, and then started the indiscriminate massacre of Delhi's population. Swathes of Delhi population was eliminated by the British in revenge for the killings of Christian men, women and children by the revels. Atrocities ere committed on both sides. As in its past history, Delhi suffered again grievously at the hands of the conquerors. The British surpassed even Timur, Abadali and Nadir Shah in the slaughter, plunder the destruction of Delhi. Lamenting the fat4e of Delhi, the Great Indian Poet Mirza Ghalib who was an eye witness, observed, : Here there is a vast ocean of blood before me. Thousands of my friends are dead..none is left to shed tears on my death. However, as in its past history, the city of D