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Indian Mutiny
Indian Mutiny 1857-58, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India. It is also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers. Causes of the Mutiny In the... Read more

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Sepoy Rebellion
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Sepoy Rebellion Alternative name for the Indian Mutiny
Indian Mutiny
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...rule in India. It is also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers. Causes of...began a series of incidents in which sepoys refused to use the cartridges. Revolt On May 10 the sepoys revolted at Meerut; they captured Delhi...
Lowell, Robert Traill Spence
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...headmaster of St. Mark's, and A Story or Two from an Old Dutch Town (1878) is set in Schenectady, where he taught at Union College. The best known of his Poems (1864) is The Relief of Lucknow , about the Sepoy rebellion in Lahore (1857).
Jessie Brown; or, the Relief of Lucknow
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...a drama by Dion Boucicault . [ Wallack's Theatre , 42 perf.] Led by the treacherous Nena Sahib (Boucicault), the Sepoy Rebellion has succeeded in trapping a garrison of European troops at Lucknow. As the days move on, the situation seems more...
Colin Campbell
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...military hero in his homeland. Restored British Dominance in Northern India During 1857, Campbell was ordered to repress the Sepoy Mutiny in India. While he was criticized by some of his peers for being too cautious and was referred to as "Sir Crawling...
Communication
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...and Khedive Isma ʿ il (1863 – 1879), telegraph lines were extended to all inhabited parts of Egypt. The Sepoy Mutiny (1857), news of which took forty days to reach London, made Britain aware of its need for telegraphic communication...
Bentinck, Lord William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...the campaigns of 1799 and 1801. In 1803 he became governor of Madras but was recalled after being held responsible for the sepoy mutiny at Velore in July 1806. He subsequently saw action in the Mediterranean, commanding the British forces in Sicily...
Kate Greenaway
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Indian Mutiny I was always drawing people escaping, " Greenaway revealed in Kate Greenaway. "I could sit and think of the sepoys till I could be wild with terror, and I used sometimes to dream of them. But I was always drawing the ladies, nurses, and...
Dion Boucicault
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1857) was based on the financial panics of 1837 and 1857. Jessie Brown or The Relief of Lucknow (1858) dramatized the Sepoy mutiny in India. Produced shortly before the Civil War, The Octoroon (1859) portrayed the love of a slave-holder for his...
Following the Equator
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...aborigines, early settlers, and local animals. Although there are witty interludes, vivid accounts such as the one of the Sepoy Mutiny, and satirical disquisitions on the Boer War and imperialistic morality, the book has little of the inspiration that...

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sepoy
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable sepoy former term for an Indian soldier serving under European orders. The word...soldier’, from sipāh ‘army’. Sepoy Mutiny another term for the Indian Mutiny ; the name is recorded from the...
Nihalani, Govind
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...films, which explore the roots of violence and anger in society. Junoon, for example, by Benegal, set against the turbulent Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, was to Nihalani an ideal camera subject, and won him an award for best colour cinematography. Nihalani...
Indian army
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...proclaimed by the Viceroy Lord Curzon . Those officers holding the King's Commission were British; they were assisted by sepoy officers holding the Viceroy's Commission. Kitchener reorganized this army and established a staff college to recruit and...
Bentinck, Lord William
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...1839). Soldier and administrator. In 1803 he became governor of Madras but was recalled after being held responsible for the sepoy mutiny at Velore in July 1806. He subsequently saw action in the Mediterranean, commanding the British forces in Sicily...
Indian mutiny
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Indian mutiny On 10 May 1857, sepoys of the Bengal army shot their British officers and marched on Delhi to restore the aged Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah, to power...
Rebellion
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Mr. Gray successfully carries out many assignments for the rebels and thwarts the British [Am. Lit.: Cooper The Pilot ] Sepoy Rebellion Indian soldiers ’ uprising against British rule in India (1857 – 1858). [Br. Hist.: NCE...
Bentinck, Lord William Cavendish
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...governor of Madras (1803–07). He was recalled to Britain after a mutiny at Velore for which, by his prohibition of sepoy beards and turbans, he was held responsible. After serving in the PENINSULAR WAR he returned to India as governor-general...
Indian Mutiny
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Indian Mutiny (1857–58) An uprising against British rule in India. It began as a mutiny of Indian sepoys in the army of the English EAST INDIA COMPANY , commencing at Meerut on 10 May 1857, and spreading rapidly to Delhi and including...

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Sepoy Army and the Nationalist Struggle: An imperial strike force and
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 6/13/1997; 700+ words ; ...soldiers, the Sepoy Army succeeded...could meet the sepoys on equal ground...in 1836, the Sepoy Army moved into...havoc among the sepoys. The field artillery...supplies reached the sepoys from India. As a result, the Sepoy Army withered...
Sepoys in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914-15
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Sepoys in the Trenches: The...On 18 October 1914, Sepoy Zaman Kan of the Punjabi...the Western Front. Sepoy Khan was, fortunately...have been like to be a Sepoy on the Western Front...retrospective analysis. The Sepoys fought for the Raj...
HC orders Rs 50,000 compensation for ex-sepoy.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 5/11/2006; 449 words ; ...orders Rs 50,000 compensation for ex-sepoy New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) The Delhi High...Superintendent for keeping a dismissed Army sepoy under illegal prison custody despite the...court ordered the compensation for the ex-sepoy as his illegal detention in the Ambala...
Insight into Sepoy Mutiny
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 9/13/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...why I was familiar with the so-called Sepoy Mutiny in 1857. However, to be honest...not so much for the history, because the Sepoy Mutiny had long slipped into the remote...introduced me to Mangal Pandey, the heroic sepoy who some say was the spark that lit fight...
Reasons why Indian sepoys staged mutiny
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/10/2000; ; 686 words ; ...10-2000 Reasons why Indian sepoys staged mutiny Byline: K. Ram...Light Infantry. Memories of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 in India also...agents were instigating Muslim sepoys garrisoned in the Middle East...in Britain confirms that the sepoys in Singapore were disturbed...
Case filed against sepoy for trying to molest woman.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 3/23/2007; 340 words ; Case filed against sepoy for trying to molest woman Rameswaram...A case has been registered against a sepoy of the Navy for allegedly trying to molest...Chattiram near here. Police said the sepoy Anil Kumar, who was posted at the Naval...
Sepoy Army and the Nationalist Struggle: The influence of racial
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 6/6/1997; 700+ words ; India Abroad 06-06-1997 Sepoy Army and the Nationalist Struggle: The...racial theory on recruitment policies The Sepoy Army was until 1947 one of the largest...other within the war machine. After the Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Indian Independence...
Army sepoy arrested at Indo-Pak border with Japanese pistol.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 2/7/2008; 431 words ; Army sepoy arrested at Indo-Pak border with Japanese...Amritsar, Feb 6 (PTI) An Indian Army sepoy was arrested at Indo Pak border when he...currently serving in the Indian Army as a sepoy and posted at Pathorgarh in Uttranchal...
HEROISM OF SEPOY MUTINY MARTYRS RECALLED
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/12/2007; 700 words ; ...the first war of Indian Independence, Sepoy Mutiny, 1857 to commemorate the spirit...A seminar on the contribution of the Sepoy Mutiny to the Indian National Movement...speakers highlighted the glorious stories of sepoy mutiny and the heroic deeds of the martyrs...
Army sepoy commits suicide.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 9/27/2007; 324 words ; Army sepoy commits suicide Amritsar, Sept 27 (PTI) -- An Army sepoy alleged committed suicide by hanging himself from the...army cantonment area at Khasa near Attari check post. Sepoy Anil Kumar of Army Medical Services, who had just returned...