The book contains a narrative of the events of the First Indian War of Independence (1857-60) in modern Haryana and surrounding areas in a chronological order with entirely new contents, derived from hitherto untouched sources such as massive number of original and first-hand reports of the British commanding officers and accompanying magistrates, available in the contemporary newspapers and periodicals like the London Gazette, Edinburgh Gazette, Lahore Chronicle, among many others, archival files and government publications.