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

CHAPTER V
LUCKNOW
ON the day on which the Revolutionaries were
successful in the battle of Chinhat, the English
power in Oudh came to an end and the revolt
had openly assumed the form of a national
Revolution. The Sepoys, princes, and people began
by establishing a ruler liked by them on the vacant
throne of Lucknow. The anarchy which raged every-
where for the space of a week after the battle of
Chinhat had to be first suppressed before preparations for
war could be made. Therefore, the Revolutionaries set
themselves to the task of administration at Lucknow,
though the week’s interval gave an opportunity to the Eng-
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