The Indian Rebellion of 1857 refers to a rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company, that ran from May 1857 to June 1858.
The rebellion began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May, 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region.
The rebellion posed a considerable threat to East India Company power in that region, and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20 June, 1858. The rebellion has been known by many names, including India's First War of Independence.
Plate No.001 Uniforms of the British Army - The Grenadier Guards 1660 – 1815 Part I
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