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
There were elaborate firework displays, including Cremorne’s pyro-boosted pride-restoring recreations of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny.
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2019
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
The military credit of the nation was only partially restored by the prompt suppression of the Indian Mutiny.
From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph
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