war of independance

Topic: Discuss what Pakistan’s gaining it’s independence form the British in 1947 would be like.

It was the year 1857. I was about 15 years old when the war took place, the war of independence. The sights and sounds of the war are still fresh in my mind. It was the first step towards the freedom of Pakistan. It was a war that taught me a lot of things, especially the importance of fighting for a separate country for Muslims. My father was a martyr of this war, and today I am glad to know that his efforts to oust the British from his motherland did not go fruitless.
My father, Ghulam Muhammad Khan, was a soldier in the 3rd light Cavalry in Meerut, India, which is where the mutiny started. One day ‘baba’ came back from work, and I overheard him talk in high tones with my mom in the other room. Since I was always curious, I decided to eavesdrop on their conversation. He was telling my mother about the new rifles that the British were supplying to his cavalry. Rumor had i...