Wednesday, August 28, 2024

1857-Execution at Bombay of a Mutinous Havildar,by Blowing from Guns on the Esplanade,

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Execution at Bombay of a Mutinous Havildar of the Native Marines and Sepoy of the 10th Native Infantry, by Blowing from Guns on the Esplanade, in the presence of a large concourse of people, 1857. British justice administered to Indian rebels - illustrated account by '...the Head Master of the Industrial School of Art at Bombay..."Whatever may be thought in England in regard to this mode of punishment, it is known by those well acquainted with the Asiatic character to be quite necessary in a crisis like the present in India. Horrible this punishment certainly is; but let us not forget the