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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.
- 10 May 1857 – 1 November 1858, (1 year and 6 months)
- India
- British victory
- Some princely states annexed into British India. Other princely states retain their dominions and autonomy.
- Naming The Mutiny
- Sepoys in The EIC Army
- Causes of The Rebellion
- The Rebellion Spreads
- Aftermath
The very name of the traumatic events of 1857-8 has changed over time as colonial historians have moved aside for more neutral ones, who have in turn been challenged by writers with a nationalist agenda, and this on both sides. That the events involved far more than merely disaffected soldiers of the EIC and so drifted from a mutiny to a wider rebe...
Although the East India Company was established as a trading company, from the mid-18th century, it employed its own army to protect its interests and to expand its territorial possessions. From 1765, only Britishers could hold officer rank in the EIC armed forces, but the rank-and-file majority was made up of Indian soldiers. These latter troops w...
The main causes of the Sepoy Mutiny may be summarised as: 1. Sepoys were unhappy with the pay inequality compared to British soldiers. 2. Sepoys were suspicious that rifle cartridges used animal fats they could not touch as part of their religious beliefs. 3. The sepoys' unwillingness to serve abroad. 4. Indian princes had lost their states or had ...
The initial spark that set off the sepoys was the punishment of one of their own, Mangal Pandey (aka Pande), in March 1857. Pandey had wounded a European EIC officer near Calcutta, and for his crime, he was executed. This was a matter of justice perhaps, but the outrage sprang from the decision to also flog Pandey's entire sepoy company. Then, on 1...
Casualties were high on both sides, but far more so on the Indian side, as here summarised by Barrow: Atrocities and massacres were committed on both sides against military personnel and civilians in cities and rural areas. There are countless documented cases of unlawful imprisonment, torture, rape, execution without trial, and murder against Euro...
- Mark Cartwright
7 de mar. de 2024 · Indian Mutiny, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops ( sepoys) 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Indian Mutiny, or Sepoy Mutiny or Indian Rebellion of 1857, (1857–58) Widespread rebellion against British rule in India begun by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the English East India Company.
7 de nov. de 2020 · Updated on November 07, 2020. The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and very bloody uprising against British rule in India in 1857. It is also known by other names: the Indian Mutiny, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, or the Indian Revolt of 1857.
A sepoy and his wife, 1810. Troop numbers. After taking over the Punjab in 1849, the Company reduced the number of British Army regiments in India. This was for reasons of economy, and to send men to the Crimean War (1854-56).
The Sepoy Mutiny was a widespread and ultimately ineffective uprising against British imperial rule in India led by members of the Bengal army.
