Modern era · 1857

Siege of Delhi

The siege of Delhi was a decisive conflict of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread through much of Northern India, but was essentially sparked by the mass uprising by the sepoys of the Bengal Army, which the company had itself raised in its Bengal Presidency (which actually covered a vast area from Assam to the borders of Delhi).

Siege of Delhi
Siege of Delhi · Samuel Bourne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
8 Jun 1857 – 21 Sept 1857
Where
Delhi
Era
Modern

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