MUTINY! ; THE UPRISING THAT SHOOK THE WORLD ++ BengalIt's a century and a half since a revolt by soldiers in the army exploded into a bloody nationwide rebellion that nearly ended the British presence in India. It failed; but, argues William Dalrymple, the world is still feeling its effects today ++ Turning point in history

The Independent - London | May 5, 2007| | Copyright

On the evening of Sunday 10 May 1857, 150 years ago next week, 300 mutinous sepoys from Meerut rose up against their officers. They shot as many as they could, then rode through the night to the old Mughal capital of Delhi, where there they massacred every Christian man, woman and child, and declared the 82-year-old Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, to be their leader.

What is striking about so many of the proclamations coming out of the uprising's storm centre, Delhi, was the emphatically religious articulation that the rebels adopted. As the sepoys told Zafar on arrival: "We have joined ...

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