New Royal Book Company

Lucknow 1857

About Book - The State of Avadh, the biggest of it's time, was by East India Company in January, 1856 and a general rebellion provoked. The bellion, as per vox populii, was started on 10th May 1857 from Meerut. This book with the help of original refrences and contexts reveals that the war of independence was started on 3rd of May 1857 from Lucknow only. The period from January 8th 1856 to May 3rd 1857 was very important considering as the prelude period of war of independence. For the first time some important factors and incidents of that period have been discussed in this book.
That was the period of character assassination. The agents of East India Company, with their wilful words used derogatory remarks against the freedom fighters and tried their level best for their character assassination. "They were all wrong" has been shown in this book.
The datewise history from 1st January, 1857 to 31st December 1857 has finally been written in this book. The loot of Avadh from March 1858 onwards shows that invaders were only looters. Some light on the characters and personalities of Begum Hazrat Mahal, Raja Jia Lai and other soldiers has also been thrown to show that they were the lode star of the first war of independence.

 

About Author - Roshan Taqui has born in a respectable family of Lucknow. His great grandfather Agha Mir Habeebi whom British called Agha Habeebi alais Aghai, has been killed by Firangis in 1857 war of independence. His thirteen other brothers who were also killed include Agha Najaf Ali, who was a jail doctor in Faizabad and was a close confident 'of Molvi Ahmadulla Shah. Roshan Taqui is an Engineer by profession and working in a U.R State Government department. Reading and writing is his habit from his childhood and has been associated with theatre. He has written several plays including—Ajaib Nagar, Do Jallad, Dada Jan ne Kaha Tha, Bezuban Biwi, Do Gaz Zameen, Yeh Ho Raha Hai etc. He has also directed several plays including Gidh, Chanakya, Chacha Chhakkan ki Wapsi, Uljhan, Khalid ki Khala, She Stoops, to Conquer, Desire under the Elms, and Tamrapatra. His two drama collections "Ajaib Nagar" and "Dada Ja'an Ne Kaha Tha" and two books on music and dance Bani and Chanchal have been published. His latest book "Lucknow ki Bhand Parampara", is the only book on the subject. More than forty articles on different aspects of Lucknow are in his name. Like old Lucknowites he believes in religious harmony and National Integration. Lucknow is the subject of his writings. He speaks, reads and writes Hindi, English, and Urdu. History and Culture of Lucknow is his Junoon.

 

ISBN : 81-85936-08-0
Price : INR 495/-