Pt. IV ]
 

A Bird's-eye View
 

[ Ch.I
 

CHAPTER I.
 

A BIED'S-EYE VIEW
 

The chief scenes in the War of 1857 being in Northern India,
we had so long to dilate upon the wonderful events in that
region alone. But, in order to grasp even the general tenor
of the War, it is necessary to see its manifestations in other
provinces also. Therefore, while the tongues of flre of that
tremendous conflagration are dancing up to the skies there,
we must also cast a passing glance at the sparks in other regions.

We have already given a short description of the events in
the Panjab, during the course of the siege of Delhi. After
that, the Panjab was quiet on the whole, except for one or
two spasmodic efforts at rising. The Hindu as well as the
Mahomedan communities thoroughly sympathised at heart with
the Revolutionaries and were full of hatred towards the British.
But they did not care to help either party actively. The Sikh
princes and people, on the contrary, did not wish well to the
Revolutionaries even at heart; nor did they remain neutral;
nay, more, they did not hesitate to side openly with the Enghsh
and shed the blood of their own <;ountrymen on the field
of battle.

It can be proved from many events that happened that the
sympathies of the masses of Rajputana were on the side of
the Revolutionaries. In towns like Jaipur, Jodhpur, and
Udaipur, the curses that were heaped upon Indian soldiers
fighting on the English side, the shouts of joy that went up
in the bazaars, when a Revolutionary victory was announced,
and  the  grief with  which  they were filled when the news of

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