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The Causes of the Indian Revolt
Sayyid Ahmad Khan's account, written in Urdu in 1858 and translated into English in 1873, of why the rising of 1857 happened.
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- 1858
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- Indian Rebellion of 1857 Primary record 1
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- Indian Rebellion of 1857 Primary record 1
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- 1858 The Causes of the Indian Revolt
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The Causes of the Indian Revolt (Sayyid Ahmad Khan; written in Urdu in 1858, English translation of 1873), Sayyid Ahmad Khan (text via Frances Pritchett, Columbia University), 1873.
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The non-admission of a native as a member into the Legislative Council was the original cause of the out-break.
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