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DATELINE 1857: The book is a bid to popularise India's first struggle for independence.

DATELINE 1857: The book is a bid to popularise India

Dateline 1857: Revisiting India's freedom struggle

It’s been 151 years since India fought its First War of Independence. To commemorate the anniversary of the revolt of 1857, eminent historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee has an offering on the Revolt, but this time, it is packaged with a difference. With rare photographs and paintings, the book is a bid to popularise India's first struggle for independence.

VOICE OF PROTEST: Sikh MPs protested at a function in Parliament for not treating 1845 Anglo-Sikh War as the First War of Independence.

Sikh 'uprising' for status in history

Sikh claims it was the 1845 Anglo-Sikh war which should be treated as the First War of Independence.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sikh-uprising-for-status-in-history/40159-3.html

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