1857年大起义是印度近代史的开端,也是世界史上备受关注的重大事件。一百多年来,英国殖民统治者将其作为一场出人意料的“兵变”和殖民地统治政策的教训,反复咀嚼;而印度人视其为印度第一场争取独立的战争,赋予其史诗的传奇色彩,是国家认同和民族建构过程中鲜活的、满足不同时代需要的民族记忆。因此,由于研究主体立场的不同以及时代的变迁,必然导致叙事的选择性差异以及大相径庭的结论。中国学界对印度大起义的研究和认识也是一个不断深化和多元的过程。但是必须看到,印度能够以相对和平的方式取得独立、在建构国家认同过程中印度教徒和穆斯林的疏离以至在赢得独立的同时伴随国家的分裂,这些都可以从大起义的影响中找到端倪。 The great uprising in 1857 was the beginning of modern history in India and also a major event of great concern in world history. For more than a century, the British colonial rulers repeatedly chewed on it as a lesson from their “mutiny” and colonial rule; while Indians saw it as India’s first war of independence, giving it an epic The legendary color is a national memory that is vivid in the process of national identity and national construction and meets the needs of different times. Therefore, due to the different positions of the research subjects and the changes of the times, they inevitably lead to the selective differences in narrative and the very different conclusions. Chinese academics on the Indian uprising research and awareness is also an ongoing deepening and pluralistic process. However, we must realize that India can achieve independence in a relatively peaceful way. Alienation of Hindus and Muslims in the process of building national identity, and even the independence gained and the division of the country, can all be found in the influence of the Great Rebellion.