Years ago, our freedom fighters fought first unified war against the oppressive British regime. They were successful in pushing back the British Army everywhere and this day 165 years ago Delhi area was declared free of British Army.
Aided by martyrdom of Mangal Pandey, Rani Laxmi
bai, Tatya Tope and others Bahadur Shah Jaffar, got reinstated as the head of
free India albeit for six days when he was again out powered by Britishers. The
first war of independence was unsuccessful. Britishers declared it as a mutiny,
a local revolt due to a trivial event of bullets wrapping paper laced with cow/pig
tallow.
It was Veer Savarkar who rewrote the history in
right perspective in the first decade of last century and gave the real purport
to the freedom fighters actions and termed it as the First Indian War of
Independence. In fact, due to his efforts, memories of fighters Rani Laxmi bai,
Tatya Tope and Mangal Pandey were rekindled amongst Indians and these freedom
fighters became pivot points during the freedom struggle. First Indian War of Independence
and Bankim Chandra’s Vande Mataram written in 1870s instilled confidence in the
erstwhile freedom movement. The proletariat came to understand that, to achieve
freedom, mere petitions and prayers would not suffice but would require direct
action.
This day every year should be celebrated in
memory of First Indian War of Independence.
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