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A major series of events are being organized at the University of Delhi to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1857 Revolt. This revolt is very significant in the history of modern India A great deal of the activity associated with this event was centred in places in and around what is today the University North Campus. The events are being organized by teachers and students of various Departments and Colleges of the University to generating a wider interest in the Revolt both within and beyond the confines of the University community. For list of events click on read more
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List of events
Inauguration : Oct 26, 2007, 4.30 pm
Venue: University Convention Hall, Vice-Chancellor's Office
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Traces of the Uprising, 1857
Exhibition of photographs: a University of Delhi and Alkazi Foundation for the Arts collaboration
Oct 26 – Nov 20, 2007 (10 am – 5 pm, Monday to Saturday)
Venue: University Conference Centre (opposite the Botany Dept.)
The exhibition will showcase a selection of 19th Century photographs from the Alkazi Collection relating to three sectors of the Uprising: Delhi, Kanpur and Lucknow, with a special focus on Delhi.
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Film Screenings
Shatranj ke Khilari, Oct 29, 2007, 4 pm
Junoon, Nov 12, 2007, 4 pm
Jhansi ki Rani, Dec 3, 2007, 4 pm
Mirza Ghalib, Dec 17, 2007, 4 pm
Venue: Auditorium, School of Environmental Studies
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European Responses to the 1857 Rebellion in India
Conference organized by the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies
Oct 30 – 31, 2007, 10 am – 5 pm
Venue: University Conference Centre
The conference will focus on continental European responses to the 1857 events – literary texts, press reports, and other documents that appeared in languages other than English.
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The Revolt of 1857: Re-thinking colonial resistance
Conference / Nov 26 – 28, 2007
Venue: University Conference Centre
The conference will bring together scholars to share their work on various issues related to the Revolt – its historiography, the events in Delhi, the military aspect, the intellectual impact and representations in popular and folk literature
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Mirza Ghalib's letters read by Anis Azmi
Nov 27, 2007, 2 pm
Venue: University Conference Centre
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Qawwali: Miraj Ahmad Nizami and party
Nov 28, 2007, 6.30 pm
Venue: University Conference Centre
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Dastan Goi: Traditional Hindustani Oral Narrative by Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain
Dec 18, 2007, 4 pm
Venue: University Conference Centre
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Special Lectures
Dec 7, 2007, 4 pm Gautam Chakravarty
Mutiny or War? Revisiting an old debate
Jan 25, 2008, 4 pm Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Nationalism and History Writing:
S.N.Sen and S.B.Chaudhuri as historians of 1857
Feb 20, 2008, 4 pm Margrit Pernau
Contested memories and memoirs.
Remembering 1857 in Delhi
Mar 4, 2008, 4 pm C.M. Naim
The Three Delhis of Syed Ahmad Khan
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A Walk through Time
Heritage walks: Northern Ridge, its monuments and 1857
In 1857, as the rebels captured Shahjahanabad, the British retreated to the ridge and planned the recapture of the city. The northern ridge also has structures that represent periods and events that date back to earlier times. The heritage walks will cover the Vice-Chancellor's Office, the Flagstaff Tower, Chauburja, Pir Ghaib, Bara Hindu Rao, Ashoka Pillar and Mutiny Memorial.
Dates: November: 6, 7, 12, 17,19, 21, 24, 26, 28; December: 7, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22.
Time: 10 am-1 pm
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Starting point for the walks: University Conference Centre
For details regarding the talks, please contact:
Srimanjari (
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Sanjay Sharma (
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