... of Indians as fundamentally irrational, passive and primitive people. Moreover, the language used to define the conflict itself, 'the Indian Mutiny', reveals the same paternalism and belittlement of Indian culture that led to the uprising in the first place. However, the unshakable self-confidence of the British ultimately served them well in the Mutiny, as soldiers like John Nicholson led ... ...

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