REVOLT OF 1857 AD-

FACTS-

  • MANGAL PANDEY OF 34th NATIVE INFANTRY WAS HANGED BECAUSE HE FIRED UPON HIS SARGENT.
  • 85 SOLDIERS OF CAVALERY REGIMENT OF URI WERE DISMISSED ON 9th MAT 1857 AD BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO USE THE NEW CARTRIGES.
  • THE REVOLT OF 1857 AD WAS STARTED ON 10th MAY 1857 AD.
  • ON 11th MAY BAHADUR SHAH JAFAR-II WAS DECLARED AS THE EMPEROR OF INDIA.
  • MADRAS WAS UNTOUCHED BY THIS REVOLT.
  • RULERS, EDUCATED PEOPLE AND TRADERS WAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN THIS REVOLT.
  • LORD CANNING WAS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA AT THE TIME OF REVOLT.
  • BAHADUR SHAH JAFAR WAS CAPTURED FROM THE HUMAYUN’S TOMB.
  • NANA SAHEB WAS FLEED TO NEPAL.

MAIN CENTERS AND LEADERS OF 1857 REVOLT-

CENTERLEADERTIMEBRITISH WHO SUPPRESSEDTIME OF SUPPRESSED
DELHIBAHDUR SHAH JAFAR AND BAKTH KHAN11,12 MAY 1857 ADNICALSON AND HUDSON21/9/1857 AD
KANPURNANA SAHEB AND TANTYA TOPEJUNE 1857 ADCAMPBELLSEPTEMBER 1857 AD
LUCKNOWBEGUM HAZRAT MAHALJUNE 1857 ADCAMPBELLMARCH 1857 AD
JHANSIRANI LAXMI BAIJUNE 1857 ADHUROZ3rd APRIL 1858 AD
ALLAHABADLIYAKAT ALI1857 ADCOLONEL NEIL1858 AD
JAGDISHPURKUWAR SINGHAUGUST 1857 ADWILLIAM TAYLOR & VINCENT AYER1858 AD
BARELIKHAN BAHADUR KHAN1857 ADCAMPBELL1858 AD
FAIZABADAHMEDULLAH1857 AD1858 AD
FATEHPURAZIMULLAH1857 ADGENERAL RENARD1858 AD

BOOKS ON 1857 REVOLT AND THEIR WRITERS-

BOOKWRITER
1857S. N. SEN
1857 IN INDIAA. T. AMBERI
REBELLION 1857P. C. JOSHI
EIGHTEEN FIFTY SEVENMAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD
SEPOY MUTINY 1857H. P. CHATTOPADHAYAY
SEPOY MUTINY AND REVOLT OF 1857R. C. MAZUMDAR
BHARTIYA SWATANTRATA SANGRAM 1857VIR DAMODAR SAVARKAR
CIVIL REBELLION IN THE INDIAN MUTINIES, THEORIES OF THE INDIAN MUTINYS.B. CHOUDHARY