1857 Augarnath Temple Meerut Beginning of India's Freedom Fight

This is the story of the 1857 uprising which began in the Augharnath Temple inMeerut and swiftly expanded to other regions of India. It was such a powerfulmovement that it upended the British East India Companys foundations inIndia.The British looted and plundered us for 200 long years. Drained our economyof $45 trillion and left us in abject poverty. In ancient India roughly 90% of thepopulation was literate. Every hamlet in India had a school but once the Britishleft our literacy rate fell to 16%.As a result of their atrocities people from all over India from many areas andlinguistic groups as well as from various religious backgrounds activelyparticipated in the 1857 Indian Freedom Movement against the British. It is awonderful illustration of variety and harmony.It is depressing to learn that our historians utterly failed to compile and portraythe tangible records that were accessible regarding the movement. Theywerent sure whether to refer to it as the first Indian liberation struggle or callit a mutiny like the British did. Those who assert it was an act of mutiny mightchange their mind after reading this book.