Uprising Of 1857

The 'sepoy revolt' was among the first fully photographed wars in the history of documentary photography in India. Using rare archival material from the Alkazi Collection, together with supplementary visuals, the essays in this volume offer multiple perspectives on the Uprising of 1857, and deconstruct the grand narratives associated with colonial historiography. The dramatic vista of the Uprising in these essays is inhabited by a range of characters, from rebels, troops and photographers, to the warrior queen Lakshmi Bai, the exiled Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and the poet Mirza Ghalib.