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020			_a9781009682428
028			_a: Brijwasi Book Distributors _b: H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi _c: BW/000535 _d: 30/04/2026
082			_a954.03 PIN
100			_aPinch, William R.
245			_aFrom Mutiny to Revolt _b: Women and the Beginning of 1857. _c/ William R Pinch.
260			_a, New Delhi _b: Cambridge University Press _c, 2026.
300			_avii, 219p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b2136
520			_aWhy did the nonviolent Meerut mutiny of 1857 in India explode into a violent military revolt? Breaking new ground on the events of May 10, William Pinch reexamines the evidence, shifting our focus toward the identity of female participants and their actions in the hours before the revolt began. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including Hindi folksongs, military records, police reports, literary fiction, and Urdu memoir, he creates snapshots from the perspective of key figures to uncover the social and emotional world of the military 'cantonment' and its rural hinterland. By foregrounding the lives of ordinary 'military women' and 'their men' - the Indian sepoys who peopled the revolt - Pinch challenges conventional narratives and guides readers through the literary and historiographical echoes of the fateful decision to take up arms against the British.
650			_aMutiny to Revolt
650			_a Women
650			_aBeginning of 1857
700			_aWilliam R. Pinch
942			_cBOOK
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