Surprising? Not at all – 4th graders are also tought that Bristishers came to India in search of spices! The textbooks are obviously backed by Indian communists! (Will post a reference when it becomes available).

My earlier comment should read: ” while the soldiers who started the events in motion were sworn to British,”

The 1857 uprising cant be called “mutiny” because while the soldiers who started the events in motion, those who actually carried out and ran (in chaotic manner) the operation were sovereign kings/queens such as Tatya Tope and Bahadur Shah Zafar who was nominated to be the leader of the uprising. Also we cant forget Rani Laxmibai.

So, for the British it was a “mutiny”. For Indians it should be the “Uprising” or “Rebellion” or “War” (Just war not war of Independance as average folks may not have a strong feeling that they are being ruled by the British)

You know history is written by the winner. History has a context and a POINT of VIEW …always!!! Unfortunately in India even after the Brits left the History written by the Brits (as winners) still remains.

Interesting that Bulleyah “corrects” an error when the film has not been released. Not even to reviewers. He does it based on “rumours”.

It’s first war of independence in the sense that it was the first major assault on the british rule. This later inspired many freedom fighters in the late 19th and 20th centuries. You can’t look at historical things at isolation. If you look at magna carta in isolation it’s insignificant but historians don’t look at it that way.

sigh