events of the war of independence 1857
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War of Independence is an important landmark in the history of Sub-Continent. This War was fought in 1857 by Indians against the British in order to get rid of their domination. It is also given names as Indian Rebellion, Indian Mutiny as well as Indian Revolt. The main causes of the War were political, social, economical, military and religious. It was an extreme effort made by Indians, but they failed due to certain reasons including mutual jealousies, disunity, and lack of central leadership etc.
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In January (1857), the Indian soldiers refused to use the new rifle (greased cartridges incident).
On 26 February 1857, the sepoys at Berhampur (West Bengal) also refused to use the new rifle. This started to create disturbances between the Indians and the British.
In March, the 19th Native Infantry was disbanded and Mangal Pandey refused to obey the British officers. As a result, he was hanged in Barrackpore on 8th April.
In May, unrest at Ambala erupted.
In Meerut, the Indians soldiers were prisoned when they refused to use the new rifle. They tried to escape from the prison and many British men were killed.
Gradually, this unrest in Meerut intensified and the Europeans start to lose control. The Muslims under Bahadur Shah became unified to get rid of British domination.
In June, the state of Jhansi was captured by the rebels who handed it over to the Rani of Jhansi (Lakshmi Bai). Tatya Topee (an Indian general) assisted her in Jhansi.
There was Mutiny in Indore as well and with the arrival of Bakht Khan (commander-in-chief of the Indian rebel forces) in Delhi, the British lost control of Delhi as well.
In Kanpur, the forces of Nana Sahib offered terms to the Europeans who had surrendered and even promised a safe passage.
However, the Europeans were brutally killed by the forces of Nana Sahib and even women and children were not spared. When the British regained control of Kanpur, they carried out even worst atrocities.
The Europeans started to bribe key figures to regain control of their territories.
They crushed the uprising in Delhi and Allahabad with the help of those Indians who were supporting the British forces. Tatya Topee was betrayed as Jhansi and Kanpur were also regained.
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