(2021). Indian Rebellion of 1857. In: Ness, I., Cope, Z. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29901-9_300501 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29901-9_3...
Standard historical accounts of the Indian Revolt of 1857鈥 58 give the impression that superiority on the battlefield accounted for the ability of the British to defeat their Indian adversaries. Yet, to focus solely on the military campaigns ignores the intricate and multifaceted nature of the ...
revolt of 1857 to quit india movement frequently asked questions (faqs) q1 who started the freedom struggle in india? the first war of indian independence took place in 1857. later on, the indian national congress tried to take forward the momentum of freedom. many radical leaders emerged. ...
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Unfortunately, the Indian Revolt of 1857 did not result in freedom for India. In fact, Britain reacted to the rebellion by taking even firmer control of the "crown jewel" of its empire. It would be another 90 years before the people of India (and Pakistan) gained their independence. ...
revolt in May the following year. Yet although Delhi fell to the mutineers on the first day of the Mutiny, it was not until nearly a fortnight later that a full-scale revolt broke out in Lucknow. In part, this resulted from the phenomenon known to historians as “the lull in the ...
to organise a revolt. There were two groups of natives who had a very strong inducement in their own history, to overthrow the British power, the Mohammedans who had been the lords of India and the Marathas who believed that they would have been the lords of India but for the British....
Revolt of 1857 The British East India Company came to India as traders but slowly took over the rule in India and in no time the whole of India was under the British rule. India was the largest and the most important colony of Britain. They made immense profits in their rule, but they...
Bharat, Republic of India dacoity, dakoity - robbery by a gang of armed dacoits Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny - discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow) Luc...
for one of the most gruelling and pitiless conflicts in Indian history: known in Britain as the Indian Mutiny, and in India as the First War of Independence, it was the largest anti-colonial revolt against any European empire anywhere in the world in the entire course of the 19th cen...