1857 War of Independence or Jihad to establish Muslim rule.
1857 War of Independence or Jihad to establish Muslim rule. 10 may is the so-called remembrance day of the 1857 sepoy mutiny. Which Savarkar called India's first war of Independence, which indicates towards an Indian National Identity, was it a pan-India struggle? Savarkar was in London when he wrote this book, he had access to some authentic documents of the British government regarding the 1857 revolt. It was a time when out of extremist groups and moderate groups, The extremist group lead by Lal, Bal, Pal was gaining traction and it wanted to unite the Indian society and drive away from the British. Savarkar was of the same line of thought, so he tried to erase the British narrative of a simple mutiny, over simple issues of pension and salary raise and some emotional religious issue. Into what it was a full-scale war but Savarkar had a narrative to build, that is why the book was smuggled into India and published under extreme conditions. Savarkar called it an example of...