On 10 May 1857, the Revolt—often called India’s First War of Independence—erupted in Meerut. In today’s Knowledge Nugget, ...

By 1857, there was growing tension amongst the ... Some historians have estimated that Indian rebellion led to the deaths of around 100,000 Indian people, whereas others say it was led to as ...

Independence Day 1857: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf ...

May 10, 1857, is an important day in Indian history as the First War of Independence against the British broke out on this ...

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi hails from a family with military roots. Sofiya's great-grandfather was part of the historic 1857 ...

A key leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Kunwar Singh played a prominent role in the uprising and hailed from the Bhojpur region of Bihar. BJP MP Rajeev Pratap Rudy said that a team of ...

As John William Kaye writes in A History of the Sepoy War in India 1857-58 (published by W.H. Allen, London), “The Native Troops at that great headquarters were smouldering into rebellion ...

Ever since the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the isolated Andaman islands were used as a prison by the British. The Cellular Jail, also called Kala Pani, was built from 1896 to 1906 as the first brick ...