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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 ...
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).
By 1857 a considerable part of former Mughal India was under the East India Company's control. After a crushing defeat in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 which he nominally led, the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was deposed by the British East India Company and exiled in 1858 to Rangoon, Burma. [56] Portrait of Bahadur Shah Zafar
Mughal court guards under British rule. The battle had exposed the rebels' weaknesses, the most damaging of which was their lack of competent leaders. Bahadur Shah had nominated his son Mirza Mughal as commander-in-chief of his army, but the sepoys treated him and the King disrespectfully. Mirza Mughal was preoccupied with the administration of ...
Havelock defeats rebels at Aong and near Pandu river at Cawnpore. 16 July: 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
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.
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. [8]
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a significant uprising against British colonial rule in India from 1857 to 1858. It was directed against the authority of the British East India Company, which acted as a self-governing autonomous entity on behalf of the British Crown.