Indian Antiquary Vol 40

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
3.
The English first commenced to rule in the year 639. The rebellion was in the year 65.
The English came back again in the year 664. Birjisqadar, the Queen, fled to Nepal.
By their prestige the English took the country of Oudh, And all the chiefs laid down their arms through fear.
4.
When the English were Bailey Guard,
There were no supplies, and there was only the mercy of God. And the white men were full of fight;
They were dying of hunger and thirst, but did not run away.
By their prestige the English took the country of Oudh, And all the chiefs laid down their arms in fear.
5.
When the English pursued the army,
The rebel scoundrels sprung their mines on the guns, They hid themselves as best they could from place to place. The white men cut off their heads wherever they found them.
6.
Sword and bullet and bayonet was used;
Hundreds were wounded when the mines were fired.
The earth trembled at the noise of it,
And the babes fell from the wombs of pregnant women.
7.
What kind of bravery did Birjisqadar, the Queen, show? Her name has remained in the world.
Who now will ever show such courage?
When the Queen had fled what fight was possible?
8.
When the Rânâ Sahib fought the white men, The scoundrels fled to the North,
Jagraj Singh followed up the white men well,
He killed them one by one and threw them into the stream.
9.
The Rânâ Bent Madhav was a very strong man. He wanted a fight and stood ready for it. The steel of the Baisas of Baisward is hard. Now it fell to him to face the English. 10.
[FEBRUARY, 1911.
Then the English counselled together :
"Let us join with the Rând and take the Country of Oudh. All the other chiefs of the Country of Oudh are unreliable.
If these come in then there will soon be fear. "
11.
When Raja Man Singh joined the English, Then Lal Madhav began to fear :
"The scoundrels have taken refuge in Karbala.
Then the English soon surrounded him.
A. H. 1263 A.D. 1847.
This story is a little mixed, Wajid 'All commenced his reign in A.H, 1969 (A.D. 1847) and was exiled in 1856. The Mutiny was in 1857.