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Article Indian Rebellion 1857
Article Indian Rebellion 1857
Article Indian Rebellion 1857
a mutiny of sepoys
sepoys of the British
the British East India Company's
Company's
army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and
Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian
rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India,
India, with the major hostilities
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confined to present-day Uttar
present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Pradesh, Bihar, northern
northern Madhya
Madhya Pradesh, and
Pradesh, and the Delhi
the Delhi region.
region.
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The rebellion posed a considerable threat to Company power in that region, region, and it was
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contained only with the fall of Gwalior
Gwalior on 20 June 1858.
1858. The rebellion is also known as the
India's First War of Independence , the Great Rebellion , the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of
1857, the Uprising of 1857 , the Sepoy Rebellion , and the Sepoy Mutiny.
In 2007, a group of retired British soldiers and civilians, some of them descendants of British
soldiers who died in the conflict, attempted to visit the site of the Siege of Lucknow. However,
fears of violence by Indian demonstrators, supported by the Hindu nationalist
nationalist Bharatiya Janata
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Party,
Party, prevented the British visitors from visiting the site.
site . Despite the protests, Sir Mark
Havelock was able to make his way past police in order to visit the grave of his ancestor, General
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Henry Havelock .
In popular culture
Ketan Mehta's
Mehta's Hindi film, Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005) is about the life of Mangal
Pandey, an
Pandey, an Indian soldier who is known for his role in rebellion. The historical play 1857: Ek
Safarnama by Javed Siddiqui is set Rebellion of 1857, which was also stage at Purana Qila,
Delhi ramparts by Nadira Babbar and National School of Drama Repertory company, in
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2008.
2008.