This volume brings together seminal writings on the rebellion of 1857. It discusses key debates and interpretations; underlines changes in historiography; and explores new research on gender, Adivasis, and Dalits.

• 'Introduction: The Nature of 1857', Biswamoy Pati;


• 1.: Sepoy Mutiny -Chapter 1. 'The History of the Indian Mutiny', Charles Ball; Chapter 2. 'A History of the Sepoy War in India', J. W. Kaye;


• 2.: Nationalist Uprising-Chapter 3. 'The Character of the Outbreak of 1857', R.C. Majumdar; Chapter 4. 'Theories on the Indian Mutiny', S.B. Chaudhuri; Chapter 5. '1857: A Review', S.N. Sen; Chapter 6. 'Reflections on the Mutiny', K.K. Datta;


• 3.: Restorative Movement-Chapter 7 'The Great Rebellion', Talmiz Khaldun; Chapter 8 'The Struggle for Succession: Rebels and Loyalists in the Indian Mutiny of 1857', E.I. Brodkin;


• 4.: Conspiracy versus Organized Movement-Chapter 9 'Muslim Revivalists and the Revolt of 1857', K.M. Ashraf; Chapter 10 'The Gwalior Contingent in 1857-8: A Study of the Organization and Ideology of the Sepoy Rebels', I.A. Khan;


• 5.: Popular Protest-Chapter 11 'Traditional Elites in the Great Rebellion of 1857: Some Aspects of Rural Revolt in the Upper and Central Doab', Eric Stokes; Chapter 12 'Eric Stokes and the Uprising of 1857', C. A. Bayly; Chapter 13 'Awadh in Revolt', Rudrangshu Mukherjee; Chapter 14 'The Politics of a Popular Uprising: Bundelkhand in 1857', Tapti Roy; Chapter 15 'Four Rebels of Eighteen Fifty-Seven', Gautam Bhadra; Chapter 16 'The "Tribals" and the 1857 Uprising', K.S. Singh; Chapter 17 'Popular Culture and 1857: Memory Against Forgetting', Badri Narayan; Chapter 18 'The Mentality of the Mutiny: Conceptions of the Alternative Order in 1857', Rajat K. Ray; Index

Biswamoy Pati, is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delhi