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Sepoy Mutiny

India · Warfare / Indian Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1857Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1857

Bahadur Shah II10 May 1857

Warfare / Indian Wars of Independence

Bahadur Shah II becomes the symbolic head of the Delhi rebellion after mutinous sepoys enter the city.

Names involved

Bahadur Shah II

Provenance

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