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The Indian Rebellion of 1857was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the ruleof 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 mutinyof sepoysof the company's army in the garrisontown of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of ...
10 May. Mutiny and Murders at Meerut, troops head towards Delhi. 11 May. Europeans, and Christians slaughtered in Delhi. 13 May. Bahadur Shah Zafar proclaimed new Mughal emperor; British disarm the garrison at Lahore. 17 May. Delhi Field Force, under George Anson, advances from Ambala. 22 May.
The Siege of Delhi was a decisive conflict of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread through much of Northern India, but was essentially sparked by the mass uprising by the sepoys of the Bengal Army, which the company had itself raised in its Bengal Presidency (which actually covered a vast area from Assam to borders of Delhi).
The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were duped into a false assurance of a safe passage to Allahabad by the rebel forces under Nana Sahib. Their evacuation from Cawnpore thus turned into a massacre, and most of the men were killed ...
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Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Historians have identified diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (first war of Indian independence). An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February ...
The Siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defence of the British Residency within the city of Lucknow from rebel sepoys (Indian soldiers in the British East India Company 's Army) during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reached the city, the defenders and civilians were evacuated from the Residency, which was ...
Map of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The final spark was provided by the rumoured use of tallow (from cows) and lard (pig fat) in the newly introduced Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle cartridges. Soldiers had to bite the cartridges with their teeth before loading them into their rifles, ingesting the fat.