| The Great Revolt of 1857 was the most serious armed
challenge of the 19th Century "which shook the British
Empire to its very foundation." Delhi was the main centre of
this great movement where the rebel soldiers assembled from
Meerut and afar to fight the British under the leadership of
Bahadurshah Zafar, the last Mughal monarch. Though the
rebel Sepoys fought with all the zeal and valour to drive out
the British from the country, the military strategy and
supremacy of the British ultimately triumphed. The revolt
was crushed with a heavy hand.
Dr. Prabha Chopra, formerly Editor of the Gazetteer in Delhi
Administration and Senior Fellow of Indian Council of
Social Science Research, is currently an Editor in the
Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Project. Her
works include Panorama of Indian Culture, Cultural Heritage
of Tibet, Religion and Communities of Delhi (in Press) and
Echoes from North-East India.
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