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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Events in the year 1858 in India. Act of Parliament 1858 ... Central India campaign continues; April – Battle of the Betwa ...
The Indian Mutiny Medal with Central India clasp was awarded for service in Central India January - June 1858, to all those who served under Major-General Sir Hugh Rose in actions against Jhansi, Kalpi, and Gwalior. Also awarded to those who served with Major-General Roberts in the Rajputana Field Force and Major-General Whitlock of the Madras ...
Jhansi was stormed and the city taken on 4 April 1858. [19] However the Queen, Rani Lakshmibai, who had defended the fort, made an escape to Kalpi. [19] Rose went on to capture Lahar, Konch and Kalpi in May 1858. [14] Hugh Rose, sitting third from left, with John Lawrence, Viceroy of India and other council members. c.
Queen Victoria approves bill transferring administration of India from the East India Company to the Crown: 1 November: Royal Proclamation replacing East India Company with the British Indian government and offering unconditional pardon to all not involved in murder or the protection of murderers Source: www.britishempire.co.uk
[m] [11] [18] It led to the dissolution of the East India Company, and forced the British to reorganize the army, the financial system, and the administration in India, through passage of the Government of India Act 1858. [19] India was thereafter administered directly by the British government in the new British Raj. [15] On 1 November 1858 ...
On 23 April, Singh had a victory near Jagdishpur over the force led by Captain Le Grande (pronounced as Le Garde in Hindi). On 26 April 1858 he died in his village. The mantle of the old chief now fell on his brother Amar Singh II, who continued the struggle for a considerable time, running a parallel government in the district of Shahabad.
The Ross Island Prison Headquarters, 1872. Ross Island Penal Colony was a convict settlement that was established in 1858 in the remote Andaman Islands by the British colonial government in India, primarily to jail a large number of prisoners from the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Indian Mutiny.
Morley's regiment was deployed to India in 1857. On 15 April 1858, Morley was in position at Nathupur, near Azimgurh, in north-east India. During the fighting, Morley and Farrier Michael Murphy rushed to the aid of Lieutenant Hamilton, adjutant of the 3rd Sikh Cavalry, who had been unhorsed. Hamilton died from his injuries the next evening.