The Indian War of Independence (book): Difference between revisions

'''''The Indian War of Independence''''' is an Indian [[Historical revisionism|nationalist history]] of the [[1857 revolt]] by [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] that was first published in 1909.<ref name="Savarkar">{{cite book|last1=Savarkar|first1=Vinayak Damodar|title=The Indian War of Independence of 1857|date=10 May 1909|location=London|url=https://archive.org/details/ldpd_6260651_000|accessdate=9 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=Vohra70>{{Harvnb|Vohra|2000|p=70}}</ref> The book, initially written in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], was penned by Savarkar in response to celebrations in [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] of the 50th anniversary of the [[1857 Indian uprising]] with records from [[India Office]] archives and the whole project received support from Indian nationalists in Britain including the likes of [[Madame Cama]], [[V.V.S. Iyer]] and [[M.P.T. Acharya]], as well as Indian students who had dared not show their support or sympathy for [[India House]] openly.<ref name=Yadav14>{{Harvnb|Yadav|1992|p=14}}</ref> Published during Savarkar's stay in [[London]] at the India House, the book was influenced by histories of the [[French Revolution]] and the [[American Revolution]], as much as it sought to bring the [[Indian independence movement|Indian movement]] to public attention in Britain as well as to inspire [[Indian nationalism|nationalist]] revolution in India.<ref name=UCalI>{{cite web