85 sepoys
Starts in 1381 and ends in the summer of 1381
TheIndian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Sepoy of the British http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/East_India_Company's army on 10 May, 1857, in the town of http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Meerut
the revolt of 1857 was started by Indian soldiers at Meerut on 10 may,1857.the causes of the revolt were a) All sections of India were unhappy with the British rule. b) The Indian rulers who lost their territories were ready to fight. c) The dissatisfaction against the British finally got expression in the great revolt of 1857.
Events at Meerut;On 6th May, 1857 A.D. when the new cartridges were issued to 90 Indian soldiers in Meerut, 85 of them refused to bite them with their teeth,These 85 soldiers were court-martialled and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. They were stripped of their uniforms in the presence of the entire Indian garrison. It was too much of a disgrace to be put up with and this incident sent a wave of indignation. On 10th May 1857, the Indian soldiers at Meerut broke into open revolt. They released their companions and murdered a few European officers. The sky was rent with deafening shouts of "Maro Firangee Ko". On the night of 10th May the mutineers marched to Delhi and thousands of able-bodied civilians also joined them.
Yes, it was.
kotval dhansingh gurjar
85 sepoys
kotval dhansingh gurjar
meerut delhi kanpur jhansi gwalior lucknow barrackpore
it took place in many places but mainly in meerut
I begun in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Starts in 1381 and ends in the summer of 1381
meerut,bareilly,delhi,lucknow,kanpur,faizabad,jhansi.
TheIndian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Sepoy of the British http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/East_India_Company's army on 10 May, 1857, in the town of http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Meerut
The 1857 Uprising (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857, India's First War of Independence, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion, and the Sepoy Mutiny) began on 10 May 1857 as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army in the town of Meerut, some 70 km northeast of Delhi.
the revolt of 1857 was started by Indian soldiers at Meerut on 10 may,1857.the causes of the revolt were a) All sections of India were unhappy with the British rule. b) The Indian rulers who lost their territories were ready to fight. c) The dissatisfaction against the British finally got expression in the great revolt of 1857.