What began in May 1857 as a military mutiny by Indian soldiers (sepoys) serving in the British East India Company’s army rapidly escalated into a widespread uprising involving soldiers, displaced rulers, peasants, and urban populations across northern and central India. The Indian Rebellion, also known as the Indian Mutiny of 1857, was a major revolt orchestrated by Indians to oppose the authority of the British East India Company (EIC), a multinational trade company that ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent beginning around 1757. This widespread revolt was arguably the highest threat to British colonialism in India until the country’s independence in 1947. Spanning about two years (from May 10, 1857 to July 8, 1859), this historic uprising came ... The Sepoy Mutinies, also known as the Indian Mutiny or the First War of Indian Independence, were a pivotal and tumultuous chapter in the history of British colonial rule in India. A major uprising in India against British rule, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, or the First War of Independence. It began with a mutiny of sepoys in Meerut and spread to other regions, but was suppressed by the British with the help of some Indian allies.
