१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

THE SUMMING UP
wish to fight, we shall fight ! If you do not run to save
the Motherland, we will run to liberate her without you,
and, if it comes to that, in spite of you. To-day is Sunday,
the 14th of June. We have waited for the Scindia till
to-day. We will only wait for the sun to set to-day; when
the sun sets—Har ! Har, Mahadev ! Who is there driving
in that carriage ? Mr. and Mrs. Coopland. How dare
anyone salaam to them ? Salaam a Feringhi after the
14th of June ? Not only this Feringhi but, see there,
the brigadier is coming, and no one raises his hand or
moves his head to salute him ! Brigadier, indeed ! But
who made him brigadier ? Is it not the Feringhis ? A
crow, though standing at the top of a palace, does not
become an eagle. So, march on right in the face of the
brigadier and pay no attention to him. And so, the Sepoys
of the Gwalior contingent passed the brigadier without
saluting him.¹ Still there was no disturbance till the even-
ing. In the evening, one bungalow took fire. Yes ; now
comes the time of rising. Artillery ! rise in revolt ! In-
fantry ! take burning torches in one hand and shining
swords in the other and dance about in all directions,
roaring like lions. See the colour of every man you meet
in the street ; if he is dark, embrace him ; if white, kill him.
Marô Feringhiko ! You are hiding in the house ; all right,
we will set fire to it ! Who is this running out of the
bungalow to save himself from the fire ? Is he a white
man ? Cut his head off ! Who is this again ? A white
woman. “ Mat Marô ! Mat Marô !” (Don't kill!) “ We
do not want to kill women !”² The whole night, the
ghostly dance is going on. There must be no Englishman
in Gwalior, not even in the Scindia’s palace. The white
men were driven out of the Scindia’s dominions—right up
to Agra. The white women were collected together and
put in prison. But, it is improper not to speak to them.

1. Mrs. Coopland's Narrative.
2. Mrs. Coopland's Narrative.
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