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Indian Mutiny of 1857 |
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Date-wise Events |
- March 29, 1857:
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The seeds of this mutiny were sown by
Shaheed Mangal Pandey,
a Sepoy turned revolutionary in the 34th Bengal Native
Infantry regiment of the East India Company.
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The incident of his attack on the regiment's officers on
March 29, 1857
came to be known as the
India's First War of Independence
or Indian Mutiny of 1857.
- April 06, 1857:
- Mangal Pandey was arrested and
court-martialled.
- April 08, 1857:
- Finally, Mangal Pandey was
hanged to death on this day.
- May 10, 1857:
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 aimed against the rule of the
British East India Company began on this day as a mutiny of sepoys of
the East India Company's army on this day,
in the cantonment of the town of Meerut.
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Soon it escalated into other mutinies and civilian
rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central
India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi
region.
- May 11, 1857:
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Early on this day,
a group of sepoys of Meerut reached Delhi and intruded into
the palace of the King,
Bahadur Shah,
whom they declared
Shahenshah-e-Hindustan
and urged to support and lead them. Others in the palace
readily joined the revolt, which spread fast and in the
result many European officials and dependents and supporters
were killed. The next day, Bahadur Shah held his first
formal court after many years. The King was alarmed by the
turn of events, but eventually accepted the sepoys'
allegiance and
agreed to give his full support to the rebellion.
So,
Delhi was virtually seized
by the Indian rebels from the British within a day after the
rebellion started on May 10, 1857.
- September 20, 1857:
- The Sepoy Mutiny ended on this
day with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the
East India Company.
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March 04, 1958:
- On this day, J.P. Walker sailed
from Calcutta along with 200 convicts, mostly of the
Sepoy mutiny of the preceding year, to start a new
settlement in the islands of Andaman.
- June 20, 1858:
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The rebellion posed a
considerable threat
to East India Company power in that region, and was
contained only with the
fall of Gwalior
on
20 June 1858.
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August 02, 1858:
- On this day, the British
Parliament passed a bill to take over the administration
of India from the East Indian Company by the British
Crown. The title of Viceroy was introduced for the
supreme representation of the British Government in
India. The provision of this bill called for the
dissolution of the British East India Company that was
ruling India under the patronage of the Parliament and
transfer of that power to the British Crown.
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Objective |
To get freedom from
British Raj. |
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Description |
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The rebellion has been known by many names, including the
Indian Mutiny,
India's First War of Independence,
the Great Rebellion,
the Indian Rebellion,
the Revolt of 1857,
the Rebellion of 1857,
the
Uprising of 1857,
the
Sepoy Rebellion,
the
Indian Insurrection
and the
Sepoy Mutiny.
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The rebellion led to the
dissolution of the East India Company
in 1858.
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It also led the British to
reorganise the army,
the
financial system
and
the administration in India.
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The country was thereafter
directly governed by the crown
as the
new British Raj.
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