The book also has an insert with tope family tree connecting the author to tatya tope, the hero of 1857 war and the book. Tatya tope s operation red lotus is a quest to understand the real history of the angloindian war of 1857. Parag topes operation red lotusthrough the analysis of instances such as the use of red lotuses and chapatisfills the gaps and corrects the myths about the events of 1857. Shri dileep padgaonkar and shri abhijit bhattacharyya and shri satish jacob. When the red lotus flowers would arrive at the garrisons, the soldiers would proclaim, sab lal ho jayega everything will become red indicating that they will be battle ready.
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Tatya tope was killed in action and was not hanged. Search of rain 24pp writers workshop kolkata rs100. Best books on indian history a list of 53 mustread. He was born as ramachandra panduranga to a marathi deshastha brahmin family and took on the title tope, meaning commanding officer. Parag tope, author of tatya tope s operation red lotus the tope family presents the story of tatya.
This upset both the hindu and muslim sepoys and they rebelled in march 1857. Operation red lotus is a book written by parag tope, with inputs from the contemporary elements of the tope family on indias first war of freedom from the british in 1857. Tope, parag tatya tope s operation red lotus 468pp rupa new delhi rs595 about a hero of the 1857 indian war of independence. Download tatya topes operation red lotus free pdf ebook online. Jan 01, 2010 tatya tope s operation red lotus is a quest to understand the real history of the revolt of 1857. Brief history of the maratha empire the deccan or the dakshin south plateau of india is flanked on each side by the western and eastern ghats and the satpura and vindhya ranges in the north. The complete guide to mount rainiers premier trail santos sabugal credo.
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