Introduction to A Subaltern-Rebel Document: 'Advice of the Royal Army'

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Abstract

Originally in Urdu and later translated into English, this document is a proclamation issued by the Royal or rebel army that challenged British rule in South Asia in 1857. Basu Thakur’s introduction highlights how alongside direct-armed warfare the rebel leaders advocated peaceful social disobedience thus making the proclamation one of the earliest calls for nonviolent noncooperation resistance against the British in India.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationMutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume 7: Documents of the Indian Uprising
StatePublished - 2017

EGS Disciplines

  • English Language and Literature
  • Asian History
  • Political History

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