The Revolt of 1857
The Beginning
The earliest incident being the revolt in the 19th Native Infantry in Berhampur.
29th March 1S57— First spark of revolt at Barrackpore in Bengal where Mangal Pandey killed the
British adjutant and was later hanged for tiring on senior officers.
10th May IS57—Ninety sepoys of 3rd Native Regiment at Meerut revolted on the issue of the greased
cartridges. After their trial and execution, entire garrison in Meerut revolted and raised the cry of ‘Delhi
Chalo’.
Centres of Revolt and Their Leaders
Delhi Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan
Kanpur Nana Sahib. Tantiya Tope, Azimullah Khan
Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal (Awadh), Maulvi
Ahmadullah of Faizabad
Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai
Bareilly Khan Bahadur Khan
Arrah (Bihar) Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur
The Beginning
The earliest incident being the revolt in the 19th Native Infantry in Berhampur.
29th March 1S57— First spark of revolt at Barrackpore in Bengal where Mangal Pandey killed the
British adjutant and was later hanged for tiring on senior officers.
10th May IS57—Ninety sepoys of 3rd Native Regiment at Meerut revolted on the issue of the greased
cartridges. After their trial and execution, entire garrison in Meerut revolted and raised the cry of ‘Delhi
Chalo’.
Centres of Revolt and Their Leaders
Delhi Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan
Kanpur Nana Sahib. Tantiya Tope, Azimullah Khan
Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal (Awadh), Maulvi
Ahmadullah of Faizabad
Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai
Bareilly Khan Bahadur Khan
Arrah (Bihar) Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur
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