Have you never heard of the term, "irony"?????? Cheers, Lynne. :)) ----- Original Message ----- From: "IdrisAttarwala" <iattarwala@sbcglobal.net> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Court sentences the prisoner ... > > > Lynne Hadley <lynnehadley1@bigpond.com> wrote: Yes indeed I do. > > Dear Lynne, > > I would certainly like to see the facts you have. > > Do you have any proof to the contrary? If so, I'd love to > hear it. > > Read Page 58, The Indian Mutiny, by Col. G. B. Malleson. > (books.google.com) > > While one soldier helped Lieutenant Baugh and Sergeant-Major Hewson > against Mangal Pandey, no one else came to their help. > > The 34th Bengal Native Infantry was disbanded and the all the soldiers who > were at Barrackpore were marched out with every show of disgrace as stated > in this book. > > There is certainly no mention of any sepoys who would have wanted to > carry out this sentence (execution of Mangal Pandey) themselves, as > mentioned by you. > > With the exception of one soldier, no one else seemed to be on the side of > the British at Barrackpore, so why would the sepoys want to carry out his > execution. > > > By the way, it wasn't a Hindu upraising really > > Every child in India knows it wasn't a Hindu uprising. > > Eagerly looking forward to your reply. > > Idris Attarwala > Fremont, CA > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "IdrisAttarwala" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:15 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Court sentences the prisoner ... > > >> >> Lynne Hadley wrote: Methinks that perhaps there >> were a few sepoys who would have wanted to carry >> out this sentence themselves, Dear Lynne, >> >> Do you have any proof to back up what you have written or did you just >> make something up to belittle the start of the sepoy revolt. >> >> Thank you. >> Idris Attarwala >> Fremont, CA >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.9/1365 - Release Date: 4/8/2008 >> 7:30 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.10/1367 - Release Date: 4/9/2008 > 7:10 AM > >