Are you aware that chapati and lotus led to the first-ever uprising in India against the British?

The history books will reveal to you that 1857 marked the Revolution of 1857, the First War of Independence. The first organised resistance that gave rise to figures like Rani Lakshmi Bai, Tatya Tope, and Mangal Pandey. But there is one Hindu Sanyasi whose name makes an important appearance in the pages of history yet does not enjoy much popularity. This Sanyasi, who roamed from door to door even before the flames of the First War of Independence were lit in Meerut. The same Sanyasi who later laid the groundwork for the Arya Samaj.Swami Dayanand and the 1857 Revolution provides a postcolonial perspective of the events that unfolded and the role played by Swami Dayanand in India’s struggle for freedom.

 

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The history books will reveal to you that 1857 marked the Revolution of 1857, the First War of Independence. The first organised resistance that gave rise to figures like Rani Lakshmi Bai, Tatya Tope, and Mangal Pandey. But there is one Hindu Sanyasi whose name makes an important appearance in the pages of history yet does not enjoy much popularity. This Sanyasi, who roamed from door to door even before the flames of the First War of Independence were lit in Meerut. The same Sanyasi who later laid the groundwork for the Arya Samaj.Swami Dayanand and the 1857 Revolution provides a postcolonial perspective of the events that unfolded and the role played by Swami Dayanand in India’s struggle for freedom.

 

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