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

SIR HENRY BARNARD
SIR JAMES CUTRAM
SIR JOHN LAWRENCE
In Bihar, the Revolution of 1857 was led
and conducted by Kumar Singh of Jagadishpur,
a Rajput chieftain of ancient lineage. Though
an old man of eighty at the time, yet he was
extraordinarily stout in physique, and resolute
in character. A warrior by nature, and poss-
essed of the instincts of a real general, Kumar
Singh proved a formidable foe of the British
throughout the whole course of the War of
1857. The reason for his being a staunch
enemy of the British authority in India was
their revenue system, which had deprived him
of all his estate. He had been in consultation
with Nana Saheb, at Kalpi, just before the
breaking out of the War, and had resolved to
participate in it whole-heartedly. So, when on
July 25, 1857, he learned that the Revolutionary
forces at Danapur had successfully risen, he
seized the first opportunity to strike a blow,
and joined them with all his power. Though
he had to face many reverses he was never
vanquished. On the contrary, he embarrassed
the British generals on many an occasion and
gave them defeats. More than once, he threa-
tened the whole of Western and Eastern Bihar
and on one occasion he threatened Calcutta
itself, the then capital of India. He had just
re-entered Jagadishpur and defeated Capt. Le
Grand on April 23, 1858, when, only after
three days, he died of a wound in his arm
which had been previously amputated because
of a bullet wound in the wrist.
SIR HOPE GRANT