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Sep 13, 2024 · Indian Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. In India it is also called the First War of Independence and other similar names. Background
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- Siege of Delhi
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- Siege of Lucknow
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- Mangal Pandey
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4 days ago · The name of the revolt is contested, and it is variously described as the Sepoy Mutiny, the Indian Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, the Revolt of 1857, the Indian Insurrection, and the First War of Independence.
5 days ago · The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal.
5 days ago · The Revolt of 1857, also known as the " First War of Independence," was the first significant attempt by Indians to end British imperialism. It started on 10 May 1857, first in the form of sepoy mutiny and later as a concerted effort by Indian rulers under the de jure supervision of the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar.
6 days ago · 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’).
Sep 20, 2024 · Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier whose attack on British officers on March 29, 1857, was the first major incident of what came to be known as the Indian, or Sepoy, Mutiny; in India the uprising is often called the First War of Independence or other similar names.
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- Mangal Pandey was an Indian sepoy in the service of the British East India Company. He was a Hindu of the aristocratic Brahman caste, which had bee...
- 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...
- Mangal Pandey was arrested and sentenced to death after he attacked British officers in Barrackpore on March 29, 1857. Anticipating a revolt, Briti...
Oct 3, 2024 · During this period he wrote The Indian War of Independence, 1857 (1909) in which he wrote that the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the first expression of Indian mass rebellion against British colonial rule.
