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 of the British Crown.
Place | Leaders of the Revolt of 1857 |
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Lucknow | Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah |
Delhi | Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan |
Barrackpore | Mangal Pandey |
Bihar | Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh |
Faizabad | Maulvi Ahmadullah |
Jhansi | Rani Laxmibai |
Bijnaur | Mohammad Khan |
Allahabad & Banaras | Maulvi Liyakat Ali |
Farrukhabad | Tufzal Hasan Khan |
Muradabad | Abdul Ali Khan |
Kanpur | Tantia Tope |
Mandsor | Firoz Shah |
Rajasthan | Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh |
Kullu | Raja Pratap Singh |
Assam | Kandapareshwar Singh, Manorama Datta |
Orissa | Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi |
Gorakhpur | Rajadhar Singh |