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Hace 4 días · 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 ...
7 de may. de 2024 · Mangal Pandey’s actions in 1857 sparked the Indian Mutiny, also often called India’s First War of Independence. The rebellion led to the abolition of the British East India Company in favour of direct British rule. This initiated a period when heightened Indian nationalism steered India toward independence.
Hace 3 días · Map of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The final spark was provided by the rumoured use of tallow (from cows) and lard (pig fat) in the newly introduced Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle cartridges. Soldiers had to bite the cartridges with their teeth before loading them into their rifles, ingesting the fat.
6 de may. de 2024 · Lakshmi Bai (born c. November 19, 1835, Kashi, India—died June 17, 1858, Kotah-ki-Serai, near Gwalior) was the rani (queen) of Jhansi and a leader of the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58.. Brought up in the household of the peshwa (ruler) Baji Rao II, Lakshmi Bai had an unusual upbringing for a Brahman girl. Growing up with the boys in the peshwa’s court, she was trained in martial arts and ...
24 de abr. de 2024 · The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857. It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857. In Britain and in the West, it was almost always portrayed as a series of unreasonable and bloodthirsty uprisings ...
4 de may. de 2024 · Political Causes. The British policy of immediate annexation and expansion under the Doctrine of Lapse, promoted by Lord Dalhousie, was the primary Political Cause of the Revolt of 1857. Between 1848 to 1856 Lord Dalhousie served as the Governor-General of India, and it was under his direction that the British added a number of new territories ...
29 de abr. de 2024 · Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a Hindu and Indian nationalist and leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. He took the view that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against British colonial rule and coined the term Hindutva (‘Hindu-ness’).
