Comments by "Elizabeth Loveland" (@Shineon83) on "Why did the 1857 Indian Rebellion (Indian Mutiny) start?" video.

  1. Unlike the American Revolution, the English Civil War, the Russian Revolution ( all of which involved fighting almost exclusively between competing armies ), what Indians term their “War of Independence” was far more indiscriminate —involving massive & brutal attacks against women & children, and generalized slaughter…. Although I understand Indian sensitivities on the war, history can only inform when it is truthfully & fully presented….It cannot be emphasised enough that the uncharacteristically violent reprisals by professional British soldiers against the mutineers was a direct response to the genuine horror felt by the entire British public toward an enemy that would break the cultural taboo of murdering so many women, mothers & children ( often, in the most brutal manner )….Had that cultural line not been crossed, Indian fatalities would likely have been far smaller
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