The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, 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 Bristish crown.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 northeast of Delhi (now Old Delhi). It then erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions chiefly in the upper gangetic plan and central India, though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east.The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region,and was contained only with the rebels' defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858.On 1 November 1858, the British granted amnesty to all rebels not involved in murder, though they did not declare the hostilities formally to have ended until 8 July 1859. The rebellion is known by many names, including the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and the First War of Independence.
Political Nana Sahib was refused pension as he was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao-II to led to the ravolt of Kanpur.(click here to buy)
Awadh (Lucknow) was annexed in 1856, on charge of maladministration and Jhansi was annexed owing to Doctrine of Lapse.
This book is a step by step account of the uprising of the Indian masses against the ruthless British empire. Tracing the footsteps of the barefooted, undernourished and almost unarmed Indian common folks challenging the British bullets with sheer force of will power. This book became the bible for Indian revolutionaries and so was proscribed or banned by the British government. Due to the ban the book was smuggled in India and England after it was published in Holland and was sold a at price of Rs. 300/- in the year 1910.
Political Nana Sahib was refused pension as he was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao-II to led to the ravolt of Kanpur.(click here to buy)
Awadh (Lucknow) was annexed in 1856, on charge of maladministration and Jhansi was annexed owing to Doctrine of Lapse.
This book is a step by step account of the uprising of the Indian masses against the ruthless British empire. Tracing the footsteps of the barefooted, undernourished and almost unarmed Indian common folks challenging the British bullets with sheer force of will power. This book became the bible for Indian revolutionaries and so was proscribed or banned by the British government. Due to the ban the book was smuggled in India and England after it was published in Holland and was sold a at price of Rs. 300/- in the year 1910.
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