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Highlanders capturing the mutineers' guns at Cawnpore, Indian Mutiny, 16 July 1857 (c1895).
Highlanders capturing the mutineers' guns at Cawnpore, Indian Mutiny, 16 July 1857 (c1895). The Indian Mutiny was an uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857. The mutiny had many underlying causes, but was sparked by the introduction of cartridges which were greased with animal fat. This outraged both Muslim and Hindu soldiers (sepoys), who made up the majority of the Indian army at the time. Although the mutiny was defeated in 1859, it led to the administration of India passing from the East India Company to the Crown. Cawnpore was the scene of a massacre after the city's besieged occupants, including women and children, surrendered to the surrounding mutineers on 27 June 1857. The recapture of Cawnpore and the avenging of the massacre became a primary objective of the British. The city was retaken from the mutineers on 16 July 1857 with brutal reprisals inflicted on the sepoys.
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AR915798
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Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
ARMAMENTS
Army
attacking
B&W
B/W
Bayonet
Black & White
Black and white
BRITISH EMPIRE
Cannon
CAPTURE
cawnpore
CHARGE
CHARGING
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EAST INDIA COMPANY
event
fearsome
FIGHTING
Great Sepoy Rebellion 1857
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GUNS
Highlander
Hindoostan
IMPERIALISM
india
INDIAN
Indian Mutiny 1857
kanpur
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MILITARY UNIFORM
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NINETEENTH CENTURY
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Print Collector1
Rebellion
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TRADE
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uttar pradesh
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