Indian Mutiny
Britishnoun
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The Indian Mutiny convinced the British government that the owners of the British East India Company were unable to effectively govern India.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The god-man died during the Indian Mutiny in 1857; some of his followers were so distraught, they killed themselves.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
The ghastly memento of the Indian Mutiny has, we are informed, just been placed in the museum of the Royal United Service Institution at Whitehall.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2018
After its somewhat inglorious demise following the Indian Mutiny, the Company was abolished in 1858.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011
The Indian Mutiny was provoked and suppressed in India, and except for the protest which some Liberals raised against the occasional ferocity of the conquerors, there were few revelations of differences of opinion.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
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