Indian Mutiny

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Indian Mutiny

(Historical Terms) a revolt of Indian troops (1857–59) that led to the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the British Crown

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Indian Mutiny - discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)

Sepoy Mutiny

Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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"Well, there's no use my telling you gentlemen what came of the Indian mutiny. After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow the back of the business was broken.

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She dropped the machine, and looked fixedly at the print of the great-uncle who had not ceased to gaze, with an air of amiable authority, into a world which, as yet, beheld no symptoms of the Indian Mutiny. And yet, gently swinging against the wall, within the black tube, was a voice which recked nothing of Uncle James, of China teapots, or of red velvet curtains.

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James held the Crimean Medal, Turkish Medal and Indian Mutiny Medal but was invalided home from India in 1861 because of "defective eyesight and discharged from the Army later that year.