Q. Mutiny of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of Independence by ____:
Answer: V. D. Savarkar
Notes: It was V D Savarkar, who, in his book The Indian War of Independence, described the revolt as the first Indian war of independence. This contrasted with British historians who described the revolt more as sepoy mutiny and rebellion rather than an war of independence.

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