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The book was influenced by histories of the French Revolution, the American Revolution and Indian histories of the Maratha conquests. [4]Savarkar was inspired by the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini's assertion that the history of a revolution must consider "the principles and motives of the people involved", and referred to the First Italian War of Independence as an example for the ...
Although Karl Marx never used the term "war of independence" to describe the events of 1857–1859, a volume containing Karl Marx's New York Tribune articles on the topic was published in 1959 in Moscow under the title The First Indian War of Independence 1857–1859. This English-language volume was based on a Russian-language edition, whose ...
Vishnubhat Godse (1827–1904) [1] (commonly known as Godse Bhataji) was an Indian traveller and a Marathi writer. Godse is best known for his travelogue Majha Pravas (My Travels), which is notable for the description of his "true and unique" experiences of the First War of Independence of 1857 during his travels in North India. [1]
Portrait of Azimullah Khan (The Indian War Of Independence by Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar)Azimullah Khan Yusufzai (17 September 1830 — 18 March 1859) also known as Dewan Azimullah Khan and Krantidoot [a], was the ideological leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
He published books advocating complete Indian independence by revolutionary means. One of the books he published called The Indian War of Independence about the Indian rebellion of 1857. In 1910, Savarkar was arrested and ordered to be extradited to India for his connections with the revolutionary freedom group India House.
The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category, as opposed to the generally peaceful civil disobedience movement spearheaded by Mahatma Gandhi.
He wrote 38 books in English and Marathi, [153] consisting in many essays, two novels called Moplah Rebellion and the Transportation, [154] poetry and plays, the best-known of his books being his historical study The Indian war of independence, 1857 and his pamphlet Hindutva: Who Is a Hindu?. [155]
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal.