Delhi Urdu Newspaper from May 24, 1857 : How English will fall

Today’s Delhi Urdu Akhbar (newspaper) has a special poem and inspirational message for us.

The poem glories the fact that, the English, once so knowledgeable, so mighty, so cruel, have had their day. “Nothing came of their knowledge, skill, wisdom and character: The Tilangs of Purab (present Eastern UP) have done to death all of them here.”

This was printed on the first page of the issue of 24 May, with the Editor’s special commendation, under the title ‘Chronogram for this Instructive Revolution’. Recalling

“how great rulers and conquerors like Soloman and Alexander, cruel tyrants like Hajjaj, Chengiz, Halaku and Nadir, great epic heroes and sages, have all disappeared.” “How every trace of the Christian rulers, despite their wisdom and foresight, has all of a sudden disappeared from amongst the people (khalq).”

The newspaper also notes that the Post (dak) office has not been fully manned and no arrangements have been made by the Rebels since the control of Delhi passed on to them, and hence the information from outside is hard to come by.

We would like them to know that we are working on getting the post (dak) delivered as soon as we have fully secured Delhi.