Saturday, November 24, 2018

Bahadur Shah Zafar and The War of Independence 1857













 "Home Again -- India to Gravesend," a famous painting of survivors returning to England after 1857, by Henry Nelson O'Neil, 1859


 Memorial on Ridge, Delhi," a gelatin silver photo, c.1900



 Lucknow's memorial to Sir Henry Lawrence and heroes who died in '57" (1903)

 After the massacre of British women and children in the "Bibighar" house in the background, the bodies were thrown into this well; a photo by John Murray, 1858



 The "Satu Ghat" ghat in Kanpur where the initial massacre of surrendered British troops (who had been promised by the Nana Sahib a chance to leave by boat) took place; from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1874;



Koor Sing, 'The Rebel of Arrah,' and his attendants--from a photograph," from the Illustrated London News, Oct. 1857

 "The Bailey Guard Gate" (in the Residency compound in Lucknow), from the Illustrated London News, 1859


 "The Well at Cawnpore as it was in 1860," from the Illustrated London News, 1874



 The Prince of Wales honors loyal veterans of the siege of Lucknow; from the Illustrated London News, 1876; 




 *Another view of the memorial at Kanpur, early 1900's*



The "Suttee Chowra Ghat" at Kanpur, where the massacre of surrendered British forces took place, seen from across the river; a photo, c.1900



"The memorial at Kanpur, to British women and children massacred by the Nana Sahib" (1903)

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