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Explain timeline of various events in india coming of the british to the revolt of 1857

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A timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 which began as a mutiny of sepoys of British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India.

Events of 1857

Date Event

26 Feb Sepoys of the 19th Native Infantry at Berhampore refuse rifle practice

29 Mar At Barrackpore, in Bengal, Mangal Pandey wounds two British mutiny of 34th Native Infantry

31 March 19th Native Infantry disbanded .

8 April Pandey hanged at Barrackpore

24 April Troopers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut refuse orders to fire greased cartridges

2 May Unrest at Ambala, 48th Mutiny at Lucknow

6 May Part of the 34th Native Infantry disbanded at Barrackpore

8 May Troops of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry found guilty by court-martial and given severe sentences

10 May Mutiny and Murders at Meerut, troops head towards Delhi

11 May Europeans, and Christians slaughtered in Delhi

13 May Bahadur Shah II proclaimed new Mughal emperor. British disarm the garrison at Lahore

17 May Delhi Field Force, under George Anson, advances from Ambala

22 May Peshawar garrison disarmed

20-23 May Part of 9th Native Infantry mutiny at Agra

27 May Anson dies of cholera;replaced by Major-General Sir Henry Barnard

30 May Mutinies at Muttra and Lucknow

31 May Rohilkhand and Bhurtpore Army mutinies

4 July Jhansi state captured by rebels and handed over to Rani of Jhansi

5 June Cawnpore 2nd Cavalry Mutinies

6 June Cawnpore Siege begins, Mutiny at Allahabad

7 June Wilson and Barnard meet at Alipur

8 June Battle of Badli-ki-Serai; Massacre at Jhansi

11 June Lucknow Police rebel; Neill arrives at Allahabad

25 June Nana Sahib offers terms at Cawnpore

27 June Satichaura Ghat Massacre at Cawnpore

30 June British defeat at Chinhat; Lucknow Residency besieged

1 July Mutiny at Indore

2 July Arrival of Bakht Khan at Delhi

4 July Sir Henry Lawrence dies at Lucknow

5 July General Barnard dies of cholera;Major-General Thomas Reed succeeds as commander of the Delhi Field Force

7 July Allan attacks Delhi leading to the Slaughter of Delhi

12 July Brigadier-General Sir Henry Havelock defeats rebels at Fatehpur, en route to Cawnpore

15 July Allan goes to Brrackpore and assembles a large standing army of nearly 6000 men and prepares for battle

15 July Havelock defeats rebels at Aong and Pandu Nadi, near Cawnpore.

16 July Nana Sahib defeated in first battle for Cawnpore

17 July Sir Archdale Wilson replaces the ailing Reed as commander of the Delhi Field Force

27 July Ammunition is blocked from reaching citizens insted it is re routed to Barrackpore

29 July Havelock's victory at Unao

30 July First relief of Arrah fails

31 July Lord Canning issues his controversial 'Clemency' resolution, by which he advises against the execution of mutineers not convicted of murder

3 August Siege of Arrah ends after action by Major Vincent Eyre

5 August Havelock's victory at Bashiratganj

13 August Havelock withdrawal to Cawnpore ;Colin Campbell, Anson's successor as Commander-in-Chief of India,arrives at Calcutta

14 August John Nicholson arrives at Delhi Ridge

16 August Havelock victory at Bithur

17 August Major William Hobson defeats a large body of rebel cavalry near Rohtak

4 September Siege train, proceeding from Punjab, arrives in the British camp outside Delhi

5 September Battle of Suppression starts thousands are slaughtered as Allan moves to Jharkhand

14 September Wilson's assault on Delhi begins, Nicholson wounded

19 September Havelock and Outram march to Lucknow

20 September Delhi captured and cleared of rebel troops

21 September William Hodson captures King of Delhi

22 September Hodson executes Mughal princes

23 September Nicholson dies of wounds

25 September First relief of Lucknow

10 October Agra mutineers defeated

9 November Kavanagh escapes from Lucknow

14-17 November Second relief of Lucknow by Campbell

19 November Women and children evacuated from Lucknow

22 November British withdraw from Lucknow

24 November Havelock dies of dysentery

26-28 November Windham defeated at second battle of Cawnpore

28-30 November Campbell reaches Cawnpore to join Windham

6 December Tantia Tope defeated at third battle of Cawnpore

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