- Subtitle:
- a study in popular resistance
- Abstract:
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This thesis studies the popular character of the revolt of 1857 in Awadh. It argues that in the pre-annexation rural world of Awadh talukdars and peasants had a symbiotic relationship which was destroyed by the first British revenue settlement of 1856-57. The sudden annexation together with the removal of the King from Lucknow and the dispossession and overassessment resulting from the revenue settlement created the basis for disaffection. The sepoys of the army - largely recruited from A...
Expand abstract - Publication date:
- 1981
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- URN:
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- Local pid:
- td:602337183
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- Copyright holder:
- Mukherjee, Rudrangshu
- Copyright date:
- 1981
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
Thesis
The rebellion in Awadh, 1857-58
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