How Pigs, Cows and a Gun Rushed a Nation into Revolution

The revolution you know, the story you didn’t

A memorial to the Indian revolt of 1857. photo credit: Wikimedia commons

The year is 1857. India’s first War of Independence had just begun.

Although India was a big country, the revolution erupted only in certain pockets of northern India. Against a mighty and scientifically empowered British Empire, this was far too little.