Revolt

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.In the 14th and 15th centuries Malabar was a place of feudal brutality. It was a time when fights and duels were the norm and the martial art Kalaripayattu had been perfected by the masters. One man who strode across the legends of that time was Tachcholi Othenan a giant figure who was feared by the powerful and loved by the weak. Even today his stories are sung by the common people of Kerala in the form of ballads known as Vadukkam Pattukal.King Jayadhwaja Singh of Assam was worried. The Mughal general Mir Jumla had successfully attacked one of his forts. The king''s only hope was Lachit his brave brother-in-law who was also the commander of his army. Though the strain of keeping his country together killed Jayadhwaja Lachit Barphukan led a brilliant and brave campaign against the Mughals and saved the honour of his king and his country. Lachit''s story is chronicled in Assamese texts called Buranjis.The British were ruthless they drained away the wealth of Bengal to fill their own coffers. In Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay''s 19th-century tale holy men take up arms loving husbands abandon their families and demure housewives become wily spies to fight the reign of terror. Ananda Math particularly its theme song ''Vande Mataram'' inspired an entire generation of idealistic young men and women to revolt against the British rule in India.When a tiger attacked Jatin Mukherji his friends felt sorry for the tiger! The animal was killed and Jatin spent only a short time in hospital recuperating from his wounds. The young man went on to display grit and determination to combat the worst of British colonialism in Bengal. He inspired his countrymen who were in awe of their British masters to stand tall and proud.Inspired by Guru Gobind Singh Banda Bahadur led the Sikh rebellion against the Mughal Empire. For eight years he ravaged the whole of North India. The havoc he created in the Indo-Gangetic plain was of such magnitude that the Mughals could never restore their administration. Invasions by the Persian tyrant Nadir Shah and the Afghan Ahmed Shah Abdali hastened the decline of the once mighty empire. This helped the Sikhs to emerge as the rulers of Punjab. Banda Bahadur thus paved the way for the foundation of the Sikh Kingdom.Kunwar Singh was seventy-five when he chose to fight the British. His story is part of the chain of events that surround the First War of Indian Independence. Even though he was on good terms with the British commissioner of Patna Kunwar Singh was clear that his loyalties lay with the mutinying sepoys. He and his band of men caused enough disruption to have the British baying for his arrest. Sasaram Rewa Ramgarh Atraulia he seemed to be everywhere at the same time. And they never got him.