: The Forgotten African Woman Who Helped India Battle the British in 1857 #IndiaNEWS #History To talk about the Revolt of 1857 without mentioning the valiant women’s contributions who fought in the

The Forgotten African Woman Who Helped India Battle the British in 1857 #IndiaNEWS #History
To talk about the Revolt of 1857 without mentioning the valiant women’s contributions who fought in the war would be a gross injustice. When we think of the war in the women’s context, Rani Lakshmibai and Begum Hazrat Mehal’s names first come to mind. Alongside, we discuss women from oppressed classes, such as Jhalkari Bai and Uda Devi, whose contributions to the war are less unheard of, arguably because they existed in the margins of society.
But the valour of another woman, who redefines what it means to be unsung, remains mostly absent from history textbooks. This unnamed woman, who was an African, is briefly talked about in Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59, published in 1910 by William Forbes-Mitchell. He says that once the battle in Sikandra Bagh in Lucknow was over, some British troops took shade under a giant peepal tree, with several dead bodies, including those of their own, lying scattered across the ground. Captain Dawson noted how all the bodies appeared to have been shot from above.
He requested one of his men to look up at the trees and see if someone was hiding in the thick leaves and branches. “I see him, sir!??? the trooper shouted back. He cocked his rifle and fired, and down fell a limp body. Forbes-Mitchell writes that the body which fell from the trees was dressed in a “tight-fitted red jacket??? and “rose-coloured silk trouserp???[?H?X??]????[?]???]?X[Y]H??H??]?H??X[??&?H????[Y[?Y?X?[??[??ZY8?'Y?HY???]??H??X[?H??[]?H?]?YYH??[?X]?[?]?H?YY??8?¸?'[?H???X??]???Y????H?[X[H????SZ]?[8?&?????8??????YH]?[[?R???H??]?????[?H?]?[?XK?8?'?H??Y??HX][??Z?[???Y?[??[Y?]??[??]???Y??8???Z?[??H?Y?[?N
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