How did some of the Indian
princes help the British to suppress
the revolutionaries?
Answers
Explanation:
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in ... In the Punjab, the Sikh princes crucially helped the British by providing both soldiers and support.
Answer:
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857.jpg
A 1912 map showing the centres of the rebellion
Date 10 May 1857 – 1 November 1858
(1 year and 6 months)
Location
India
Result
British victory
Suppression of revolt
Formal end of the Mughal Empire
End of Company rule in India
Transfer of rule to the British Crown
Territorial
changes British Raj created out of former East India Company territory (some land returned to native rulers, other land confiscated by the British crown)
Belligerents
Sepoy Mutineers
Mughal Empire
Oudh
Jagdishpur
Gwalior factions
Forces of Rani Lakshmibai, the deposed ruler of Jhansi
Forces of Nana Sahib Peshwa
Forces of Rao Tula Ram, Raja of Rewari
Nawab of Banda
Various Rajas, Nawabs, Zamindars, Thakurs, Taluqdars, Sardars, and chieftains
East India Company
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kingdom of Nepal
5 Princely States:
Kapurthala
Nabha
Patiala
Rampur
Jodhpur
Commanders and leaders
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Nahar Singh
Bakht Khan †
Nana Sahib
Kunwar Singh
Tatya Tope Executed
Rao Tula Ram
Ali Bahadur II Nawab of Banda
Umrao Singh Bhati
Rani Lakshmibai †
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Birjis Qadr
Mangal Pandey
Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo Executed
Pandey Ganpat Rai Executed
Tikait Umrao Singh Executed
Sheikh Bhikhari Executed
Lord Canning
George Anson
(d. May 1857)
Patrick Grant
Colin Campbell
(from August 1857)
John Nicholson †
Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana[1]
Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana[2]
Randhir Singh
Casualties and losses
6,000 British killed[3]
As many as 800,000 Indians and possibly more, both in the rebellion and in famines and epidemics of disease in its wake, by comparison of 1857 population estimates with Indian Census of 1871.[3]
