First War of Indian Independence is a term predominantly used in India to describe the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The event challenged and ended the power and control of British East Indian Company in India to be replaced by nine decades of British colonial rule, known as the British Raj.
In India, the term First War of Independence was first popularized by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1909 book The History of the War of Indian Independence, which was originally written in Marathi. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, insisted on using the term First War of Independence to refer to the event, and the terminology was adopted by the Government of India.
The 60P stamp has a painting of Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi during the Battle with the British. Some freedom fighter’s names are also mentioned on the stamp, namely, Rani Laxmi Bai, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Tantia Tope, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Mangal Pandey and Nana Saheb.
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