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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 ...
Kunwar Singh, also known as Babu Kunwar Singh was a chief organiser of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 from the Bhojpur region of Bihar. He was originally the ruler of Jagdishpur estate. [2] He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company. [3]
Pandey Ganpat Rai (Born as Pandey Ganpat Rai; 1809-1858) was a revolutionary and rebel leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a chieftain in Lohardaga district of Bihar (now a part of Jharkhand). [1] [2]
The siege of Arrah (27 July – 3 August 1857) took place during the Indian Mutiny (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal Military Police Battalion, against 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying Bengal Native Infantry sepoys from three regiments and an estimated 8,000 men ...
Suppression of the revolt starts as thousands are slaughtered and Allan moves to Bihar 14 September: Wilson's assault on Delhi begins, Nicholson wounded 15 September: Rebellion of Muzaffarpur announced to accept leadership of Babu Kunwar Singh 19 September: Havelock and Outram marches to Lucknow 20 September: Delhi captured and cleared of rebel ...
The Battle of Chatra was a conflict that took place during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 between the East India Company and the mutinying sepoys who were allied certain local zamindars. The rebels had amassed a force of 3000 men and had taken the town of Chatra which is located in the Chhota Nagpur region. [1]
One 6 June 1858, Amar Singh and his force of 2000 sepoys and 500 sawars arrived in the village of Gahmar in Ghazipur near the border with Bihar. [6] The Sakarwar Rajput rebels from this region, under the leadership of Meghar Singh , were keen for Amar Singh's support and a letter was composed in a village requesting his help.
Arrah was one of the centres of revolt in 1857. During the Indian rebellion of 1857 , a group of 18 British civilians and 50 Indian soldiers was besieged in the Little House at Arrah , by a band of 2500–3000 armed soldiers and around 8000 others under the command of 80-year-old Veer Kunwar Singh , the Zamindar of adjacent Jagdishpur.