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mutiny mutiny
mutiny concerted disobedient or seditious action by persons in military or naval service, or by sailors on commercial vessels. Mutiny may range from a combined refusal to obey orders to active revolt or going over to the enemy on the part of two or more persons. In the armed forces it is considered... Read more
Meerut Meerut
Meerut , city (1991 pop. 849,799), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. An agricultural market, it processes flour, sugar, cotton, and vegetable oil. It is also an industrial center, with manufacturing and smelting concerns. Meerut was conquered by Muslims in 1192, ravaged by Timur in 1399, and... Read more
Invergordon mutiny Invergordon mutiny
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the Nore the Nore
the Nore sandbank in the Thames estuary, SE England, 3 mi (4.8 km) E of Sheerness. At the east end is Nore Lightship. The name is also applied to part of the Thames estuary, a famous anchorage. A mutiny in the British fleet there, shortly after the Spithead mutiny in 1797, failed to achieve its... Read more
Indian Mutiny 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 years... Read more
Nana Sahib Nana Sahib
Nana Sahib , b. c.1821, leader in the Indian Mutiny , his real name was Dhundu Pant. The adopted son of the last peshwa (hereditary prime minister) of the Marathas, his request (1853) to the British to grant him the peshwa's title and pension was refused. In the outbreak (June, 1857) of the mutiny... Read more
United Kingdom. Quartering Act 1765 United Kingdom. Quartering Act 1765
MUTINY ACT MUTINY ACT. The Mutiny Act of 1765 was a routine parliamentary measure that included a provision for quartering of troops in the American colonies. This feature, like the Stamp Act, was designed to shift the burden of supporting British troops in America from British taxpayers to the... Read more
Farrukhabad Farrukhabad
Farrukhabad , joint municipality with Fategarh (total 1991 pop. 208,727), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. It is a district administrative center and a market for tobacco, fruit, and potatoes. Perfume, cotton prints, and saltpeter are manufactured. A fort was founded... Read more
Baron Clyde Colin Campbell Baron Clyde Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde 1792-1863, British general. He commanded troops in China (1842-46) and India (1847-54) and in the famous victory at Balaklava (1854) in the Crimean War. For his services in India in suppressing the Indian Mutiny (1857) he was created baron in 1858. He was made a... Read more
Ara Ara
Ara or Arrah , city (1991 pop. 157,082), Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produces grain, sugarcane, and oilseed. There are limestone deposits on the outskirts. Ara was the scene of fighting during the ... Read more

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An amused student of empire
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Martyrdom of the memsahibs; BOOK.
Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London) ...Women of the Indian Mutiny by Jane Robinson...with other British women in the...had sailed to British India to join...work for the British Empire. They had...tails. `This nearly cost my poor...hunger ... she ...
George Washington; Showing Founding Father to be more than icon of...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) ...control. He fell passionately...the French and Indian War, and was...the greatest empire of modern times...confronted a mutiny against the...openly, and the mutiny was suddenly...himself and nearly all his ...
America's cause: Always in jeopardy.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald ...the mightiest empire on earth could...Arnold), army mutinies in 1780 and...freeholders the British dismissed as...1812. The British burned our...freedmen, Indians and pirates...was another nearly lost cause...Berlin Wall ...

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