John William Kaye

thumb|John William Kaye Sir John William Kaye (3 June 1814 – 24 July 1876) was a British military historian, civil servant and army officer in India. His major works on military history include a three-volume work on The History of the Sepoy War in India. This work was revised later by George Bruce Malleson and published in six volumes in 1890 as Kaye and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny. Quotes The rulers whom we supplanted were, like ourselves, aliens and usurpers. We found the Hindoos a conquered people, and, little by little, we substituted one yoke for another. J.W. Kaye, The administration of the east india company. a history of indian progress. 1853: 17. quoted in Chakrabarti, D. K., 1997. Colonial Indology: Sociopolitics of the Ancient Indian Past. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.102 External links Category:1814 births Category:1876 deaths Category:Historians from the United Kingdom Category:Journalists from England Category:Editors from England Category:Fellows of the Royal Society Category:People from London