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Exhibition on 1857 revolt questions popular notions

Kolkata: It is an exhibition that attempts to set the records straight and dispel popular but mistaken notions about the revolt of 1857. Titled ‘Revolt in the Periphery: Bengal in 1857-1858,’ the exhibition organised by the West Bengal State Archives, was inaugurated by the West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi here on Thursday.

“The display seeks to question the notion that the 1857 revolt was confined to the north Indian Gangetic heartland, affecting only a small geographical area without any other reverberations,” said Basudeb Chattopadhyay, Director, WBSA. The exhibition was part of an initiative taken in 2007 by the various State archives to document the effects of 1857 in the peripheral regions, namely, Punjab, Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Orissa and the Tamil and Andhra regions. The WBSA exhibits wanted to highlight the pan-Indian character of the revolt, while examining the stereotype that the role of Bengali was limited to playing the loyalist to perfection.

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