"Indian mutiny 1857 sepoy flags question" Topic
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| Cockney yokel | 21 May 2025 1:21 a.m. PST |
Did rebel sepoys use their regimental colours in action against the British and loyal Indian troops? Or did they replace them with native standards; or not use any? Can anyone point to any contemporary reports or references to what may have been practiced by them? |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 21 May 2025 9:56 a.m. PST |
Without having a source to site at hand, early in the war some units used their colors as before, but the practice faded over time as they wore out or were lost. Evidently, aside from the possible odd homemade banner, it wasn't long before the mutineer units simply didn't use any. TVAG |
| Cockney yokel | 21 May 2025 11:10 a.m. PST |
Thanks TVAG. I can ditch my sepoy command bases for later war actions or replace them with other standards (or none at all!). Problem solved. |
DisasterWargamer  | 21 May 2025 11:47 a.m. PST |
There are some references to other flags – The "Green" Muslim flag as well as those of "regional" leaders. |
| Murvihill | 23 May 2025 3:34 a.m. PST |
I made a banner by having google translate "I drink your milkshake" into Arabic and printing it out on a triangular pennant. |
| Cockney yokel | 23 May 2025 8:23 a.m. PST |
I'd like to see a picture of that….. 😀 |
| Murvihill | 26 May 2025 3:31 a.m. PST |
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| Cockney yokel | 26 May 2025 7:06 a.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 28 May 2025 4:43 p.m. PST |
Gave up on Indian Mutiny years ago, but I seem to recall banners with the handprint of the rulers who issued them--an old Indian tradition. Presumably those regional leaders DisasterWargamer mentioned. |
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