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Thank you for posting this interesting book on the siege and capture of Delhi. I have always wanted to visit the grave of Brigadier General John Nicholson, an outstanding soldier, outside the Kashmiri Gate. So I am glad that this book conta...ins a nice drawing of Nicholson's grave and the inscription over it. Unlike Hodson, who is despised by many- and for good reason, Nicholson goes down in history as a brave, fearless soldier, who carried himself with distinction. This book also tells about who wanted to destroy the Jama Masjid of Shah Jahan and who saved it (thank you Colonel Baird Smith).

This link greatly captures my interest as i have tried to study the mutiny (particularly from delhis stanpoint) in its many facets...and having come to the conclusion that doomed though it was from the very start ,having being borne out of wrong reasons by very wrong citizenry in which they never once estimated their weakness by the very apparent knowledge that the sikhs and gurkhas are not going to join hands...yet it fascinates me immensely...partially because even in its failure it did change indian destiny very drastically and forever.It annihilated even the nominal imperial mughal empire.