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جمعرات 23 ستمبر 2004Thursday, September 23, 2004
Anglo-Sikh War Journal
Sepoy of Chapati Mystery has started posting the journal of an anonymous subaltern from the second Anglo-Sikh war in the Punjab in 1848-49. It should be interesting reading.
Some historical background is available here.
Sepoy promises another journal from the 1857 war of independence/mutiny later. Fascinating!
Posted by Zack at September 23, 2004 8:07 AM in Pakistan
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Posted by: Ajmal (314 comments) at September 26, 2004 3:42 AM
Cool. I love it when people post historical documents and diaries blog-style. There’s a blog out there (I forgot the URL!) that’s a 10th Century Japanese woman’s journal. She lived in the Imperial Court and has lots of observations on the royal intrigues and goings-on. It was very interesting–too bad I forgot to bookmark it!
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(2 comments) at September 27, 2004 3:38 PM
Thats wonderful. I love reading anglo-indian history. Have some material myself on 1857. Would like to post on my blog sometime.
Posted by: Asif (37 comments) at September 28, 2004 3:45 AM
Dad: I think this journal was published in Britain at the time. But it definitely would provide some new info and perspective to me.
Asparagirl: Historical diaries are so cool. I’ll have to search for that Japanese woman’s journal.
Asif: You should post about it.
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at October 2, 2004 6:18 PM
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Some thing interesting started by Chapati Mystery. May reveal some realities not yet known.