Description
The present volume comprises the consolidated index of the names of persons and places arranged in chronological order as they occur in the five volumes of “Freedom Struggle in U. P.” published during the last four years. The material presented in the previous volumes does not give at one place a coherent account of the different individuals or places con- nected with the 1857 movement; hence the need for the present volume. The Advisory Board for the History of Freedom Movement in Uttar Pradesh published the first Freedom Struggle in Uttar Pradesh comprising the source-material on the “Origin and Nature of the Struggle of 1857-59”, on 15th August 1957. The material, that subsequent researches brought forth to light after the publication of the aforesaid volume, indicated that four separate volumes on Freedom Struggle in ‘Avadh’, ‘Bundelkhand’, ‘Eastern U. P.’ and ‘ Western U. P.’ could also be brought out. In accordance with this revised plan, the second, third and fourth volumes, on Freedom Struggle in Avadh, Buna'elkhand and Eastern Districts were published on 15th August I958, 26th ]anuary 1959, and 15th August I959, respectively. The volume relating to the Western Districts and Rohilkhand is being published now. The present volume, like the previous ones, unfolds many important aspects of the struggle, bringing to surface the popular nature of the movement, the role of many heroes who had hitherto been consigned to oblivion and in some cases not judiciously depicted. the organisational aspect of the movement is also reflected herein. This volume being the last of the series on the source-material for the Freedom Struggle in U. P. 1857-59, completes the work on this important phase of the struggle in the State. The sixth volume of the series will comprise general index and chronology of all the five volumes. The study of other phases of the Freedom Movement has also been started and volumes of source material relating to the subsequent phases of the Freedom Movement down to 1947, will be published in the course of next few years.