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CH# 3: THE MUGHAL ECLIPSE Rage & Mutiny of 1857 Ashoke Nath and Umer khan were young sepoys of the British Army. They joined the forces in the same year and became buddies for having the same interests in Kabadi and swimming. On that evening, Ashoke was relaxing wearing vest and dhoti (long skirt of men in India), under a shady Peepal tree at one corner of a large ground after a tough drill day at Meerut garrison.   He was quieter than usual days. Ranbir Singh was busy setting up his mustaches holding a small mirror and scissors.  Niaz Din and Aneel Kumar were washing their army uniforms at another corner in a muddy water channel coming from a near well. Muslim sepoys were waiting for iftar time. Everyone was thoughtful and seemed bound to its duties except the chirping birds that were free to fly and was coming back to their nests without any fret of life. They were breaking the intense silence of many men in a place.  ‘Umer Khan, can I have your paper and a pe...

CH#2 The Mughal Eclipse Constraints  of Red Fort Meerut Garrison, Meerut 'Will there be a day when this slavery be ended?' Ashoke didn't look towards Umer but kept on scrolling the stick in the flowing muddy water in the small channel. 'Yes, it will...I believe one day we'll be free from these white aliens who have grabbed our land by their vicious conspiracies. This is the right time to strive for it,' Umer replied thoughtfully. 'My grandmother told us the stories of peace, justice, and prosperity when Mughal Emperors were ruling here. I sometimes want to travel back to that time or want to observe that period again,'  'Ah! those rulers are no more, my friend. Many of us have doubts about the capabilities of Mughal descendants but we've no other choice....,' Umer stopped listening at the Maghrib prayer. He got up and looked up in the sky. ‘It looks that the Ramzan moon will be sighted tonight,’ Ashoke chased his eyes.  'No, I'm tell...

THE MUGHAL ECLIPSE: An online Novel 'The Mughal Eclipse' is A Treat For History Lovers, with above 5000 readers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and globally. With hundreds of shares since it was published a year back Check out Google reads and shares here before leaping into this time travel treat. (It’s a story from the events, struggle, and hopes of freedom fighters Umer, Ranbir, Aneel, Niaz Din from 1857 that dragged feeble Mughals of Red Fort, Delhi into the cause and Mughal Sultanate collapsed forever. King Bahadur Shah Zafar was clued about the ending of the upcoming war but his princes wanted to try their luck. Indian people were frustrated by big-headed British masters but Angeline, an arrogant daughter of a British General couldn’t hold her love for a mutineer soldier Umer Khan. How Mirza Ghalib schooled Syed Ahmed Khan & young Mughal Princess Hamida about their capabilities that could work for the nation?  Why the folks mourned when Hudson slew Prince ...