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lutionary War by these consummate Revolutionists.
Starting from Calcutta, they went on to the Panjab and,
in the nights, exhibited their peculiarly dangerous Tamâshâ
to their fellow countrymen.$^{13}$
These Tamashgars could not preach Revolution to
the women, and so it would appear that the leaders of the
Revolution sent out quack doctors and their wives—
female gipsies—amongst the people, to move them with
a new life and revolutionary discontent. The trick of
using gipsies for this purpose was excellent. These gyp-
sies used to foretell the destruction of English, depict the
evil machinations of the alien rule and prescribe revolu-
tion as the only remedy and spell that could and would
get rid of this evil which had possessed their Motherland !
The coming narrative will show what a terrible hatred of
the English had grown amongst the women and how
anxious they were to destroy this rule. Thus, the war was
preached in temples and Tirthas, in Kshetras, Jatras, and
in festivals, on the road and in the house, amongst the
Sepoys and the citizens, in Natakas and in Tamashas, to
men as well as to women.
Everywhere was this hatred of slavery and the desire
for Swaraj manifested. "My religion is dying, my
country is dying : my people have been reduced to a
condition worse than that of dogs !"—such were the
fears that moved every heart ; and an unconquerable
desire arose in every heart, from prince to pauper, to make
that country live and that people rise to the height of men.
And the passionate conviction went forth that streams of
blood were but a small price to achieve that independence ;
and that, therefore, "Din! Din!" and "Har! Har! Maha-
dev!"—the war cries of the Indians—must rend the air.
To instil into every heart the one great desire for
13. Trevelyan's Cawnpore, Short Narratives.
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