Author Bio: For this document, there is no specific author. There are, however, a group of rebels who were against the BEIC that composed the proclamation in the name of the grandfather of the king, Abul Ghazee. The rebels believed that using the grandson of the king of India would have gotten together a larger rally to protest the English rule occurring in India. Unfortunately, the rebels who formed the Azamgarh Proclamation realized that even with the help of the royal name, the proclamation all in all was rendered useless.
Date/Context: This proclamation was established in the late 18th century when the Mogul Empire fell. The writers(rebels), experienced the harsh times and felt the need that a new proclamation was necessary to get their country back on track.
Summary: This article is about the establishment of the Azamgarh Proclamation. Written by rebels to the British East India Company, the idea was to rally together more Muslims and Hindus who were against the de facto rule of the business in India. The proclamation states that those who are against the EIC were praised and protected by the "new government", the Badshiah, those who were supportive of the EIC ruling India were treated differently. The supporters of the rebels were granted land, free trade, higher posts and salary, etc. This was supposed to attract many others who either strived for a better life or who were against the EIC. They argued that the english were against both Hinduism and Muslim which is another reason as to why they are considered a threat the India. People who supported the EIC were stripped of their land, sent to prison with their entire family, and eventually executed under the rule of the new government.
Key Quotation: "Parties anxious to participate in the common cause, buy having no means to provide for themselves, shall receive their daily subsistence from me; and be it known to all, that the ancient works, oath of the Hindoos and the Mohammedans, the writings of the miracle-workers, and the calculations of the astrologers, pundits, and rammals, all agree in asserting that the English will no longer have any outing in India or elsewhere..."
Overall, I thought the best part of your post was the summary. I also thought it was helpful that you gave some context of who the "rebels" are and a bit about why they wrote this. You also included in the Author Bio that the document was useless, an interesting point of background knowledge to know before reading the summary. The key quote was very efficient in capturing the idea of the entire piece. However, I would have included more of what was going on in the time period that this proclamation was written other than that it was the fall of the Mogul Empire. Along with this, it would have been helpful if you elaborated on what exactly "the de facto rule of the business in India" is. There were minor grammar mistakes as well that were somewhat distracting from the strong points you were trying to enforce.
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