Write an essay to explain why the indian revolt is seen retrospectively as an alternative vision to the existing (dominant) order of the early 19th century, and why it is significant to understanding the period.

Read the following:

1) Charles Creighton Hazewell, The Indian Revolt, The Atlantic Monthly, December, 1857

2) Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, The Causes of the Indian Revolt, 1858 (translated and published in 1873).
Second reading URL: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00urdu/asbab/
When you get to the site, click on Official Translation. Read the following excerpts: Introduction: 0.1-3, 0.20-23, Section 1.0 entire, Section 2.0 entire. Focus on the causes, and Khans style of argument.

3)Karl Marx, The Indian Revolt, New York Tribune, September, 1857

4)Primary sources
URL – http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/usjourn/index.html#18
this URL will take you to a collection of American views of India, beginning in the 19th century. Scroll down and you will see a special section of primary sources that covered the Mutiny. Most of the links work.

Essay about: Using Hazewell, Khan and Marx, as well as at least one other primary source from the period, your essay will explain why the Indian Revolt is seen retrospectively as an alternative vision to the existing (dominant) order of the early 19th century, and why it is significant to understanding the period.