Sepoy mutiny: The revolt of 1857

The revolt of 1857 was the conscious beginning of the Independence struggle against the colonial tyranny of the British. There are various names for the revolt of 1857 – India’s First War of Independence, Sepoy Mutiny, etc. 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. 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 of 1857, also called the Great Indian Event of 1857, the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny, [2] India's First War of Independence, or India's First Struggle for Independence, began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut as a mutiny of sepoy of the British East India Company 's army.