Modern history - Revolt of 1857

                               THE REVOLT OF 1857

Causes of revolt in January 1857  new enfield rifle were introduced in which the cartridges were made of fats of cows and pigs and the soldiers raised their voice against it

19th naive infantry at bahrampur disobeyed government order in 16 feb 1857

on 29 march 1857 MANGAL PANDEY a sepoy of 34 naive infantry mutineer in barrakpore ,

he wounded lieutenant baugh and general hearsay and was thus hanged.

on 24 April 1857 90 men of 3rd cavalry refused to use fresed cartridge 85 of them were dismissed in 9 may 1857 and on 10 may they revolted from meerut .

colonel fonnis was killed in barrakpore

on 12 may 1857 Delhi was captured and its commander leutinent willowby serrendered ,

bahadurshah zafar was proclaimed as the emperor of India the erevels used chaparris and red lotus as the signature of revolt to propagate it

MAIN CENTERS OF REVOLT :-

Delhi :- 

in Delhi the rebel army was commanded by colonel bakht khan ,

delhi was recaptured by colonel john nicholson bahadur shah was departed to rangoon and his sons and frand sons were executed by leutinent hudson

Kanpur:-

here the main leaders were nana saheb ,tantya tope and ,azim ullah khan kanpur was recaptured by major gen. havelock . its final recovery was done by collin campbell in december 1857.

nana saheb's real name was dhondu padm

tantya tope's real name was ramchandra pandurang

Jhansi:-

the main rebel leader in jhansi was rani lakshmi bai the queen of raja gangadhar

jhansi was recaptured by sir huges roes on 4th april1858 and rani lakshmi bai died on 7th of june 1858.

Lucknow:-

in lucknow the main rebel leaders were begum hazratmahal  and azim ullah khan

lucknow was recaptured by collin campbell on 21of march 1858.

Barelley:-

the main rebel  leader in barelley was khan bahadur khan

barellry was recaptured by collin campbell in 5th of may

bihar

the main rebel leaders in bhar were  kunwar singh the zamindaar of jagdishpur and amar singh  in august 1857  william taylor and winsent eyre supressed the movement in bihar

 Faizabad:-

in faizabad the rebellin took place under the leadrship of maulana azimullah khan later maulana was killed by the raja of puwain