The study embodied in the above book, is a well-planned study of the region which has contributed immensely into the making of the Uprising of 1857, a memorable event. The purabias, (as the Indian sepoys of the Bengal army were known) have taken the leadership of the event in the city of Delhi which altered the character of the anti imperialist struggle in the initial month of the uprising. \n\nThe purabias sepoys themselves were fighting at the major centers of the uprising, but what was happening in the region to which they belonged i.e. the Eastern U.P. or roughly the region between of river Ghaggar and Nepal Terai. The area was full of dense forest, wild life swamped and even mosquitoes and malaria. Such ecological conditions and hardships of life in the region had made the people of this locality stubborn, sturdy, and capable of surviving under heavy odds.\n\nThe present work is a focused study to understand the ‘world of rebels’ in this region. Using the Archival Records, Settlement Reports, Official Publications, Memoirs of the British officials and the Indigenous discourse, the present study breaks new grounds which remain untouched in the modern writings on the subject. By providing numerous numeral appendices, the author provides minute details at the micro level for the punishments, confiscations and also rewards to the loyalists and spies. This is also an important exercise to understand the region in a better way. \n\nA map showing the major centres of uprising and the hideouts of the rebel leaders will be of good help to the readers / research scholars.\n\nThis book has brought new material to the light before the scholarly world and has also raised important region specific questions. By taking up this micro study, the author has made an important intervention in the existing literature on the Uprising of 1857 in a meaningful manner.