BY DR. K. D. SHARMA AND DR. AMIT PATHAK.
The book was released in 2002. It documented the sites on which events of the Great Uprising of 1857 occurred at Meerut. It was a bilingual book, both in English and Hindi, and was the first such publication ever to be released carrying original research linked to the events of the Uprising.
EDITED BY DR. S. K. MITTAL, DR. K.D. SHARMA AND DR. AMIT PATHAK.
Released at the first function organised by the Govt. of India to commemorate 150 years of the Great Uprising of 1857.
AUTHORED BY DR. AMIT PATHAK.
Book published by the Govt. Freedom Struggle Museum, Jhansi.
It has the following sections -
Understanding Colonialism
The first sparks of 1857 - events from January 1857 to the take-over of Delhi on 11th May, 1857 including Barrackpur and Meerut.
Understating warfare in 1857 which has sections of History of Bengal Army, Weapons, Battle tactics, Combat Medicine and Human Rights.
Memories of 1857 in 2007.
Anti-colonial uprisings of North Eastern India, 1828 to 1892
Assam and the Great Uprising of 1857.
Article on our history work in Hindi national magazine 'Aha Zindagi' published on the special occasion of 159th anniversary of the Great Uprising of 1857. Wonderfully written by Mr Arun Lal.
Article - Separation, anxiety
Publication - Week magazine
A wonderful article on Meerut in the 15th August special issue of The Week magazine, wonderfully covered by journalist Ms Mandira Nayar who personally met everyone to cover it ... on a day when it was raining continuously and the roads were all closed because of the kawar yatra :). The complex issue of communalisation of society is covered through the voices of those who have seen and experienced it all first hand .... including historians. Read More
Article - The Great Upsurge of 1857: Historical sites in Meerut Cantonment
Publication - National Defence Review
Old Cemetery on the Golf Course: Oldest existing monument of Meerut Cantt and was in use between the year of its establishment and 1810. In the 19th century it was known as the Portuguese Cemetery with a Greek grave having been reported existing in it in 1898 (which could not be identified in 1904). During the early 1800s, Europeans of many different nationalities, other then those of the British Isles, made Meerut their home.
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Article - Meerut Cantonment and the War of Independence, 1857
Publication - Journal of the United Service Institution of India
The region of Meerut came under British rule in 1803 after the treaty of Surji - Anjungaon between the British and the Marathas. Thus began a new chapter in the history of Meerut which transformed this region forever through the establishment of one of the largest cantonments of the subcontinent.
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Article - On the 160th Anniversary of the 1857 Uprising, Meet the Meerut Historian Keeping the Story Alive
Publication - The Wire Online Magazine
Meerut would have done a fine job of burying any evidence of the pivotal role it played in the first war of independence – were it not for the constant exertions of Amit Pathak, a historian from the city.
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Article - When the Dead Speak: Hidden Stories of 1857 From Ground in Meerut
Publication - News 18
Meerut: The year was 1857 and it was past 5 pm at Meerut’s Sadar Bazaar. Just like any other day, British men were in the market to buy beer to beat the harsh Meerut heat. Very soon, a large group of Sepoys marched towards the Bazaar, and started beating the British with their bare hands. India’s first War of Independence had begun.
“Many people don’t know that Baker’s Street was where the first War of Independence started,” said 76-year-old Atul Kumar, one of the oldest residents of the street in Sadar Bazaar whose family, he claims, has lived on this street for nine generations.
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Article - Breaking News: First Bulletin on 1857 Uprising Reached London a Month Later
Publication - News 18
New Delhi: For those shopping at Meerut’s Sadar Bazar, the evening of May 10, 1857, began like any other. Britons were milling around shops in the sweltering North Indian heat when a group of Sepoys (soldiers) swarmed the market. From there on, it was a bloodbath which went on to be recognized as the first revolt for independence. The anger of around 100 years of exploitation and humiliation under the ‘Company Raj’ had reached a tipping point on this day, 160 years ago.
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