Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.8 Revolt of 1857

2.8.3 Nature of the Revolt of 1857: historians' views

Historians disagree on whether 1857 was a sepoy mutiny, a feudal revolt, a popular rebellion or a first war of independence; most modern scholars see it as a mixed event with different meanings in different places.

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Key terms

  • Sepoy Mutiny
  • First War of Independence
  • Savarkar
  • R.C. Majumdar
  • S.N. Sen
  • Nehru
  • feudal rising
  • Karl Marx
  • Subaltern
  • Eric Stokes

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