Category: Stories

Historical Tit Bits

How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.
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Why Indian Sepoys had preferred to enlist in the armies of the East India Company, between the 17th-18th century.

In the 17th century, monthly payments made service in the Bengal army a great attraction.
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Vintage Years

And it took a mutiny to change policing: Why after the Mutiny of 1857, the old Kotwali system was replaced.

A vintage photo from 1900, and why policing changed in British India, from the Kotwali system of the Mughals.
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The death of Charlotte Chambers during the Mutiny of 1857.

During the mutiny of 1857 the gruesome and ritualistic murder of Charlotte Chambers was a rallying call.
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Good journalism. But instigating journalism.

An illustration that beautifully presents the brutality of 1857, and how 18th century Journalism used it to evoke pathos.
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Vintage Years

The loyal camel trooper of the British Indian army.

A photo from January 1857 shows a mounted Camel Trooper, possibly of the Punjab Irregulars.
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