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The indian mutiny by saul david (viking, (pounds) 20)

TAKE some Enfield rifle cartridges greased with animal fat. Add cultivated Hindu and Muslim soldiers fearful of breaking their faith by coming into contact with the offending ordnance and you have the recipe for the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1859. For generations this has been the reason given for why the soldiers of the East India Company's Bengal Army decided to rise against their British officers and slaughter thousands of innocent women and children. The facts, such as they are, represent one of history's holy grails: foolish and ...

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