thread: 2007-01-19 : The Jungle Books
On 2007-01-19, Sydney Freedberg wrote:
"That year" must be 1857, the year of the great "Indian Mutiny" in which both Hindus and Muslims rose up against the East India Company—followed by vicious reprisals and the British Government's direct takeover of India, which had technically been East Indian Company property beforehand.
