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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the company's army in the garrison town of Meerut , 40 miles (64 km ...
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, "blowing from a gun" was a method the British used to execute rebels [6] as well as for Indian sepoys who were found guilty of desertion. [7] Using the methods previously practised by the Mughals, the British began implementing blowing from guns in the latter half of the 18th century.
The chapati movement involved the unusual distribution of chapatis, a type of unleavened flatbread, across several North Indian villages in early 1857. [1] The ultimate origin of the movement is unknown; though British agents suggested the chapatis might contain secret notes, inspections revealed no such messages.
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Grand Trunk Roads of northern India 1857. The rebellion had involved a very wide stretch of territory in northern India. Large numbers of rebels had flocked to Delhi, where they proclaimed the restoration of the Mughal Empire under Bahadur Shah II. A British army besieged the city from the first week in June. On 10 September, they launched a ...
May 10 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion. May 11 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian combatants capture Delhi from the British East India Company. May 15 – Spanish financial group, Banco Santander founded in Cantabria ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, insisted on using the term First War of Independence to refer to the events of 1857–1859, and the terminology was adopted by the Government of India. [10] Some South Indian historians have opposed the use of the term First War of Independence by the Government to describe the 1857 uprising ...
People of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (2 C, 3 P) W. ... Pages in category "Indian Rebellion of 1857" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.