Description
Tatya Tope’s Operation Red Lotus is a quest to understand the real history of the Anglo- Indian War of 1857. A quest by the contemporary members of the Tope family, which led to the discovery of the dramatic battle maneuvers of their ancestor, the legendary Tatya Tope, as well as the true import of the war.
Despite India’s defeat, this war significantly reversed the course of events, and allowed the survival of the world’s oldest living civilisation. A war that has been wished away behind the smokescreen of euphemisms: rebellion. revolt, uprising and most famously ‘the sepoy mutiny’.
Operation Red Lotus is the first detailed account of Tatya Tope that covers his entire campaign from the planning of the war until his death; and offers a surprising answer to the generations-old question – was the man’ hanged on 18 April 1899, Tatya Topé ?’
It covers the detailed planning of the war and the logistical issues that were overcome to allow the Indian troops to march over a million man-miles in the early months of the war.
Author : Parag Tope ; Hardback ; Pages : 431 ; Publisher : Rupa
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