| Name | View on the Revolt of 1857 |
|---|---|
| Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | This military rebellion soon resulted in a mass uprising. |
| Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Vir Savarkar) | It was a war of national independence. |
| Pattabhi Sitaramayya | The Great Movement of 1857 was India’s first freedom struggle. |
| Ashok Mehta | It was a national uprising. |
| G. B. Malleson | The crisis came at first as a mere military mutiny, it speedily changed its character and became a national insurrection. |
| Benjamin Disraeli | Is it mutiny or is it a national revolt? |
| S. N. Sen | What began as a fight for religion ended as a war for independence. |
| R. Holmes | This revolt was a ‘clash of civilization and barbarians’. |
| Reese | This revolt was a ‘war against Christianity’. |
| Lord Canning | It was a popular revolt. |