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  2. Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia

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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 mi (64 km ...

  3. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal. It later took root in the newly formed ...

  4. Revolutionary movement for Indian independence - Wikipedia

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    The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category, as opposed to the generally peaceful civil disobedience movement spearheaded by Mahatma Gandhi.

  5. Rani of Jhansi - Wikipedia

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    The defenders sent appeals for help to Tatya Tope, an important leader of the 1857 Indian Rebellion; [31] an army of more than 20,000, headed by Tatya Tope, was sent to relieve Jhansi but they failed to do so when they fought the British on 31 March. During the battle with Tatya Tope's forces, part of the British forces continued the siege and ...

  6. Alluri Sitarama Raju - Wikipedia

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    Alluri Sitarama Raju (4 July 1897 or 1898 – 7 May 1924) was an Indian revolutionary who waged an armed rebellion against the British colonial rule in India.Born in present-day Andhra Pradesh, he was involved in opposing the British in response to the 1882 Madras Forest Act that effectively restricted the free movement of adivasis in their forest habitats and prevented them from practicing ...

  7. Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Wikipedia

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    Keshav Gangadhar Tilak was born on 23 July 1856 in a MarathiHinduChitpavan Brahminfamily in Ratnagiri, the headquarters of the Ratnagiri districtof present-day Maharashtra(then Bombay Presidency).[1] His ancestral village was Chikhali. His father, Gangadhar Tilak was a school teacher and a Sanskritscholar who died when Tilak was sixteen.

  8. Ahmadullah Shah - Wikipedia

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    Ahmadullah Shah (1787 – 5 June 1858) famous as the Maulvi of Faizabad, was a famous freedom fighter and leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah was known as the lighthouse of the rebellion in the Awadh region. [ 1 ] British officers like George Bruce Malleson and Thomas Seaton made mentions about the courage, valour ...

  9. Uda Devi - Wikipedia

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    Sikandar Bagh, Lucknow, India. Known for. Indian Rebellion of 1857. Uda Devi Pasi (1830-1857) was an Indian woman freedom fighter who participated in the war on behalf of Indian soldiers against the British East India Company, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She was a member of the women's squad of Wajid Ali Shah, the sixth Nawab of Awadh.