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Black Cloud of Bibighar events
July 16I am in the state of fugue when I write this.
I heard the news of carnage at Bibighar; I had to check it twice and thrice to even believe that such a thing had happened.
Illustration of the Bibighar. You can even see the hint of blood on the ground.
I know all about the atrocities committed by British, the Hodgeson’s horses, and the burning of the villages and the lashes and all of that, but NOTHING, I mean absolutely NOTHING justifies this event.
Sepoys refused to undertake this task and the crazed lover of Begum was called in but I think Sepoys should have done more to stop this from happening.
As Subedar said, this is wrong in all respect. Bala Rao and Nana Sahib should not have let this happen. This is the lowest point of the uprising and I hope we never ever see this again.
If Bala Rao ordered this, he should be removed from giving any orders. And as for Surav Khan who did this, hope British find him soon, because if we do, he might encounter fate worse than what he would if British caught him.
This is the darkest hour of the uprising, and the lowest moment of the rebellion.
These are difficult times for all of us but lets pray to god that we don’t loose our sould during the process.
Here are some pictures from the event.
Inside of the Bibighar:
The well:
The plan of the Bibighar
I have heard rumors that Azimullah Khan argued that the only reason why British are coming to Cawnpore is to save the women and children so if they are annihilated, Cawnpore could be spared.
I agree that this should not have been done. This will come back to haunt us for a long time to come.
Thanks for vivid pictures. I have never seen them before.
It was a war time with different sensibilities; both sides lost their moral compass.
Thanks for not hiding this event.
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Nice website but I wonder if you could point out that these images were taken from http://www.britishempire.co.uk
Whilst I am happy for the images to be circulated, credit should go to where they originated.
Yours
Stephen Luscombe
Roland thanks the blog authors for not hiding the events of Kanpur. Unfortunately we can’t
thank the Western propaganda mills for not hiding the horrible actions of the post Columbus colonial governments across the globe.
Peter, save us from your hand-wringing self-loathing please. You’l be delighted no doubt to see the fruits of post-colonialism are shining brightly in Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa no doubt. As for India, damn those British for their roads, sanitation, universities and hospitals.
Nice website by the way….
Hello all,
Capt.Robert Urquhart Jenkins of the 2nd Bengal Cavalry is my 2nd great-granduncle,brother to Maj.Gen.Charles Vernon Jenkins of the Bengal Staff Corps.
I have been doing some genealogy and have fairly recently come across these facts.I`m trying to establish a life story of Capt.&Mrs.Jenkins who were both killed at Cawnpore.
I will be most obliged if anyone could assist me in my endeaevours to gain as much information on these individuals as possible.
Many Thanks,
Don Landy
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