https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze Made with a warm hug en-us 2021-01-19 13:26:27 UTC 2025-11-15 14:27:59 UTC hello@padlet.com alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108495434  The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Delhi (now Old Delhi)]]> 2021-01-21 04:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108495434 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108498420  The rebellion posed a considerable threat to British power in that region, and was contained only with the rebels’ defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858.]]> 2021-01-21 04:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108498420 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108767834 After failing to incite his comrades into an open and active rebellion, Mangal Pandey tried to take his own life, by placing his musket to his chest and pulling the trigger with his toe. He managed only to wound himself. He was court-martialled on 6 April, and hanged two days later.]]> 2021-01-21 07:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108767834 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108771342 During April, there was unrest and fires at Agra , Allahabad and Ambala .At Ambala in particular, which was a large military cantonment where several units had been collected for their annual musketry practice, it was clear to General Anson, Commander-in-Chief of the Bengal Army, that some sort of rebellion over the cartridges was imminent. ]]> 2021-01-21 07:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108771342 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108775370 24 April Lieutenant Colonel George Carmichael-Smyth, the unsympathetic commanding officer of the 3rd Bengal light cavalry , ordered 90 of his men to parade and perform firing drills. All except five of the men on parade refused to accept their cartridges. ]]> 2021-01-21 07:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108775370 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108780960 On 9 May, the remaining 85 men were court-martialled , and most were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour. Eleven comparatively young soldiers were given five years' imprisonment. The entire garrison was paraded and watched as the condemned men were stripped of their uniforms and placed in shackles.]]> 2021-01-21 07:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108780960 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108790001 Early on 11 May, the first parties of the 3rd Cavalry reached Delhi. From beneath the windows of the King's apartments in the palace, they called on Bahadur Shah to acknowledge and lead them. He did nothing at this point, apparently treating the sepoys as ordinary petitioners, but others in the palace were quick to join the revolt.]]> 2021-01-21 07:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108790001 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108819079 After the defeat of Rao Tula Ram on 16 November 1857, Mufti Nizamuddin was arrested, and his brother Mufti Yaqinuddin and brother-in-law Abdur Rahman (alias Nabi Baksh) were arrested in Tijara . They were taken to Delhi. Having lost the fight at Nasimbpur ^{, Rao Tula Ram and Pran Sukh Yadav requested arms from Russia, which had just been engaged against Britain in the Crimean War.}]]> 2021-01-21 07:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1108819079 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113104516 On 16 May, up to 50 British who had been held prisoner in the palace or had been discovered hiding in the city were killed by some of the King's servants under a peepul tree in a courtyard outside the palace.]]> 2021-01-22 08:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113104516 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113106628 On 1 April 1858, the number of Indian soldiers in the Bengal army loyal to the Company was 80,053. However large numbers were hastily raised in Punjab and North West frontier after the outbreak of the Rebellion.]]> 2021-01-22 08:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113106628 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113132274 On 30 August the rebels offered terms, which were refused.]]> 2021-01-22 08:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113132274 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113135549 An eagerly awaited heavy siege train joined the besieging force, and from 7 September, the siege guns battered breaches in the walls and silenced the rebels' artillery.]]> 2021-01-22 08:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113135549 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113146649 An attempt to storm the city through the breaches and the Kashmiri Gate was launched on 14 September.]]> 2021-01-22 08:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113146649 alaghshreeya13 https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113150706 Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Hodson at Humayun’s tomb on 20 September 1857]]> 2021-01-22 08:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alaghshreeya13/fm1nnmah9p7q8ze/wish/1113150706