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March – Lucknow is recaptured on 21 March; Central India campaign continues; April – Battle of the Betwa; the city of Jhansi is stormed and captured (3–6 April); Azamgarh recaptured; advance on Kalpi (25 April); Campbell begins reconquest of Rohilkhand; Koer Singh leads a rising in Bihar; after his defeat he dies of his wounds
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.
Events of 1858 Date Event 6 January: Campbell reoccupies Fategarh 16 January: Hugh Rose begins campaign in central India February: Campbell opens separate campaign for reconquest of Oudh 3 February: Rose relieves Saugor after a seven-month siege 2 March: Campbell returns to Lucknow 21 March: Last rebels removed from Lucknow 1 April
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 official Blue Books, East India (Torture) 1855–1857, ... On 1 April 1858, the number of Indian soldiers in the Bengal army loyal to the company was 80,053.
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.
A portrait sketch by Colesworthey Grant published in 1839 in the India Review. Henry Piddington (7 January 1797 – 7 April 1858) was an English sea captain who sailed in East India and China and later settled in Bengal where he worked as a curator of a geological museum and worked on scientific problems, and is particularly well known for his pioneering studies in meteorology of tropical ...