the article is very nice, especially the pics, but also consider that the 1857 mutiny was started in majority by the indian musalmaans ( read the book -- THE INDIAN MUSALMAANS)who were in majority.The brutality of the british fell most hard on the muslims after the mutiny failed especially on the afghan frontier which had been the principal area for the rebels to use (mostly under their inspiration SYED AHMED),and on the pathan tribes which supported the rebels. This is why post 1857 british were so biased against muslims and denied them any privileges which they enjoyed before the mutiny and gradually this policy of keeping muslims backward led to feeling of insecurity amongst muslims and then to them demanding a separation of united india into india and pakistan.
