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The Government of India celebrated the year 2007 as the 150th anniversary of "India's First War of Independence". Several books written by Indian authors were released in the anniversary year including Amresh Mishra's "War of Civilizations", a controversial history of the Rebellion of 1857, and "Recalcitrance" by Anurag Kumar, one of the few ...
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 1857.
Nana Sahib defeated in first battle for Cawnpore 17 July: Sir Archdale Wilson replaces the ailing Reed as commander of the Delhi Field Force 27 July 1857: Kunwar Singh welcomed pre-planed Dinapore cantonment rebellion army at Arrah 27 July: Ammunition is blocked from reaching citizens instead it is re-routed to Barrackpore 29 July
Although Karl Marx never used the term "war of independence" to describe the event, a volume containing Karl Marx's New York Tribune articles on the topic was published in 1959 in Moscow under the title The First Indian War of Independence 1857–1859. This English-language volume was based on a Russian-language edition, whose title does not ...
24 January – University of Calcutta is founded through the Calcutta University Act. 10 May (starting date of the revolt)- Indian rebellion of 1857 (also known as the Sepoy Mutiny) or The First War Of Indian Independence, widespread uprising in northern and central India against the rule of the British East India Company.
Portrait of Azimullah Khan (The Indian War Of Independence by Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar)Azimullah Khan Yusufzai (17 September 1830 — 18 March 1859) also known as Dewan Azimullah Khan and Krantidoot [a], was the ideological leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
It was part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. On 10 May 1857, local Muslims under the leadership of Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki gathered at Thana Bhawan , a small town in the Shamli district in current-day Uttar Pradesh , around 120 km from Delhi , to stage a violent protest against Company rule in India .
The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence and the Sepoy Mutiny, was a prolonged period of armed uprisings in different parts of India, against British occupation of that part of the subcontinent.