Bombay, Central India Agency, and Rajputana

Author, Title, Publisher	Notes
Bell, Evans. The English in India: Letters from Nagpore, Written in 1857-58. London: John Chapman, 1859
Bell, Major Evans, A Letter to H.M. Durand, Esq., C.S.I. from Major Evans Bell. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884	This is a rebuttal to a biography written by Durand’s son that attempts to take Durand down several pegs.
Burton, Major R.G. The Revolt in Central India 1857-59, Compiled in the Intelligence Branch (Simla: Government Monotype Press,1908)
Burway, Muntazim Bahadur M. W. The Life of His Highness Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar II, Ruler of Indore. Indore: Holkar State Press, 1925.
Carshore, Mrs. W. S. Songs of the East. Calcutta: D’Rozario and Co., 1855. 2nd ed. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1871.	A biography is attached to the second volume. Mary Carshore was killed during the Jhansi Massacre.
Coopland, R. M. A Lady’s Escape from Gwalior and Life in the Fort of Agra During the Mutinies of 1857. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1859.	Mrs Coopland gives a vivid description of not just Gwalior but of life in Agra Fort after her escape.
Cox, Edmund C. A Short History of the Bombay Presidency. Bombay: Thacker & Co. 1887
Dickinson, John. Last Counsels of an Unknown Counsellor. Edited by Evans Bell. London: Macmillan, 1877.
Dickinson, John. Dhar Not Restored in Spite of the House of Commons and Public Opinion. London: P.S. King, 1864	Dickinson delivers a scathing attack on the government regarding the annexation of Dhar and why it should be restored to its rightful ruler. As it explains the mutiny not only in Central India but in Dhar in particular, it is placed here.
Dixon, Lt.Col. C.G. Sketch of Mairwara. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1859
Douglas, James. Bombay and Western India: A Series of Stray Papers. Vol. I. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893.
Douglas, James. Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1900.
Durand, H. M. The Life of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand. 2 vols. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1883.	The book is written by Durand’s son. As it goes into detail regarding the mutiny in Indore and Durand’s actions, it has been placed here. A rebuttal to the book was also written.
Edwardes, S. M. The Bombay City Police: A Historical Sketch 1672-1916. London: Oxford University Press, 1923.
Erskine, Walter Coningsby. A Chapter of the Bengal Mutiny as Seen in Central India, by One Who was There in 1857-58. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871
Forjett, Charles. Our Real Danger in India. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1877.	Forjett describes the mutiny in Bombay and the role he played in suppressing it, although much of the book is devoted to “Our Real Danger in India.”
Gupta, R. K., and S. R. Bakshi, eds. Rajasthan Through the Ages. 5 vols. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2008.
Jacob, George Le Grand. Western India Before and During the Mutinies: Pictures Drawn from Life. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1872.
Khadgawat, Nathu Ram. Rajasthan’s Role in the Struggle of 1857. Jaipur: The General Administration Department, Government of Rajasthan. 1957
Lawrence, George. Reminiscences of Forty-Three Years in India. Edited by William Edwards. London: John Murray, 1874.
Lowe, Thomas. Central India during the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858. London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1860.
Macpherson, Samuel Charters. Memorials of Service in India: From the Correspondence of the Late Major Samuel Charters Macpherson, C.B. Edited by William Macpherson. London: John Murray, 1865.	He was Resident to the Gwalior Court.
Malcolm, John. A Memoir of Central India, Including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces: With the History, and Copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of That Country. 2 vols. London: Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, 1823.
Mishra, Suresh. Shahzada Firoz Shah: A Forgotten Hero of 1857. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2018.
Prichard, Iltudus Thomas. The Mutinies in Rajpootana: A Personal Narrative. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1860.
Seton-Karr, Walter Scott. A Short Account of Events during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58 in the Districts of Belgaum in the Bombay Presidency and of Jessore in the Presidency of Bengal. London: Bentley and Son, 1894
Scot, P. G. Personal Narrative of the Escape from Nowgong to Banda and Nagode. Edinburgh: Thomas Constable, 1857.
Sahai, Munshi Jwala. The Loyal Rajputana. Benares: Medical Hall Press, 1902.
Saxena, K. S. The Political Movements and Awakening in Rajasthan, 1857-1947. New Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 1971.
Showers, Charles Lionel. A Missing Chapter of the Indian Mutiny. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888.	This is Shower’s point of view of the mutiny in Rajputana. It is somewhat incoherent as he tries to justify himself and attack George Lawrence.
Shrivastava, Kushhalilal. The Revolt of 1857 in Central India-Malwa. Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1966
Shrivastava, Kushhalilal. The Revolt of 1857 in Central India-Malwa. Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1966
Smith, George. Stephen Hislop. Pioneer Missionary & Naturalist in Central India from 1844-1863. London: John Murray, 1888
Smyth, John. The Rebellious Rani. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1966.
Srivastava, Khushalilal. The Revolt of 1857 in Central India – Malwa. Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1966.
Sylvester, John Henry. Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India under Major General Sir Hugh Rose. Bombay: Smith, Taylor & Co., 1860.
Taylor, Meadows. Letters from Meadows Taylor, Esq. Deputy-Commissioner of the Ceded Districts in the Deccan, written during the Indian Rebellion, 1857. For Private Circulation Only. London: John Edward Taylor, 1857
Travers, Lt. Gen. Jas. The Evacuation of Indore 1857 London: Henry S. King, 1876	This is Travers’ response to Kaye’s History of the Sepoy Revolt. He disagrees with Kaye’s narrative of the evacuation of Indore. Travers was in Indore at the time. He also tries to justify the actions of Durand.
Thornton, Thomas Henry. General Sir Richard Meade & the Feudatory States of Central and Southern India. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1898
Tod, James. Travels in Western India, Embracing a Journey from Kamod to Alexandria, Performed on His Return to Europe. London: W. H. Allen, 1839.
Vashishtha, Vijay Kumar. Rajputana Agency 1832-1858. Jaipur: Aalekh Publishers, 1978.
West, Edward W. A Memoir of the States of the Southern Maratha Country. Bombay: Education Society Press, 1869.

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Articles

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• Khan, Iqtidar Alam. The Gwalior Contingent in 1857-58: A Study of the Organisation and Ideology of the Sepoys Rebels. Social Scientist 26, no. 1/4 (January–April 1998): 53–75. jstor.org.
• Luniya, B. N. Complicity of the Maharajah Holkar with the Mutineers. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 18 (1955): 238–42. jstor.org.
• Luniya, B. N. Mahidpur in 1857. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 20 (1957): 281–85. jstor.org.
• Parihar, Vinita. The People’s Rising in Kota During the Upheaval of 1857.Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 68 (2007): 596–99. jstor.org.
• Parsi Khabar. Forjett Street: Singer, Sailor, Soothsayer, Spy. May 16, 2018. parsikhabar.net.
• Sane, Hemant. Nagpur and Mutiny of 1857. Academia.edu.
• Sane, Hemant, and Shobha Phansikar. The Sitaburdi Fort Nagpur.” Academia.edu.
• Sharma, G. N., ed. Proceedings of the Second Rajasthan History Congress. Jaipur: Rajasthan History Congress, 1969.
• Singh, Zabar. Mutiny of the Jodhpur Legion. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 32, vol. II (1970): 73–78. jstor.org.

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