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1596:, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Delhi. Although he was urged to accompany Bakht Khan and rally more troops, the aged Emperor was persuaded that the British were seeking vengeance only against the sepoys they regarded as mutineers, and he would be spared. On 20 September, a party under William Hodson took him into custody on promise of clemency and brought him back to the city. The next day, Hodson also took prisoner two of Bahadur Shah's sons and a grandson, but with no guarantee of any sort. On the pretext that a mob was about to release them, Hodson executed the three princes at
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995:, a veteran artillery officer of the company's army. (In the British Indian artillery, North Indian Muslims were generaIIy preferred and had been the majority of the establishment.) Pleased with the loot they brought with them, Bahadur Shah made Bakht Khan the new commander-in-chief. Bakht Khan was able to replenish the city's finances and inspire the rebel soldiers to renewed efforts. Bahadur Shah however, was growing discouraged, and turned away offers of assistance from other rebel leaders.
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way of feeding them until order was restored to the entire area. The
British, Sikh and Pakhtun soldiers were all fairly callous with regard to life. For four days, after the fall of the city, there was extensive looting, although many British soldiers were more interested in drink than material possessions. Prize agents later moved into the city behind the troops, and organised the search for concealed treasure on a more systematic basis.
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battery proper was established, 700 yards (640 m) from the Mori
Bastion. Opening fire on 8 September, four of its guns engaged the artillery on the Kashmir Bastion, while six guns and a heavy mortar silenced the rebels' guns on the Mori Bastion after a long duel. The direction of this attack also deceived the rebels into believing that the storming attempt would be made from the east, rather than the north.
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surprise had been lost and these batteries were being enfiladed from across the river, the Indian sappers and pioneers who carried out much of the work of constructing the second and third batteries and moving the guns into position suffered over 300 casualties, but the batteries quickly made breaches in the bastions and walls. Fifty guns continued to fire day and night, and the walls began to crumble away.
821:, to be commander-in-chief of his forces, but Mirza Mughal had little military experience and was treated with little respect by the sepoys. Nor did the sepoys agree on any overall commander, with each regiment refusing to accept orders from any but their own officers. Although Mirza Mughal made efforts to put the civil administration in order, his writ extended no further than the city. Outside,
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1391:), led a suicidal mission, a small party of British and Indian sappers which placed four gunpowder charges and sandbags against the gate under fire from just 10 feet (3.0 m) away. Several of them were wounded or killed trying to light the fuse. The explosion demolished part of the gate, a bugler with the party signalled success and the third column charged in.
959:. As each new contingent arrived, the rebels made attacks on Hindu Rao's house and other outposts on several successive days. A major attack was mounted from three directions on 19 June, and nearly forced the exhausted besiegers to retreat, but the rebels did not know how close they came to success. Another major attack was made on 23 June, the centenary of the
644:, they had assumed that at Meerut, where the proportion of European to Indian troops was higher than anywhere else in India, the Bengal units would not risk open revolt. They were fortunate that they did not suffer disaster. The Bengal regiments broke into rebellion on Sunday, when European troops customarily attended evening
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1398:, its commander, was seriously injured, and the column retired. The rebels followed up, capturing four guns from the Kashmiri troops, and threatened to attack the British camp, which had been emptied of its guards to form the assault force. The artillery batteries at Hindu Rao's House (directed by Chamberlain from a
740:(troopers) of the 3rd Light Cavalry halted under the windows of the Palace and called on the Emperor to lead them. Bahadur Shah called for them to go to another palace outside the city, where their case would be heard later. Company officials then tried to close all the city gates, but were too late to prevent the
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the final assault. Of that total of 3,817 casualties during the capture of the city, 1,677 were loyalist Indian soldiers. It is almost impossible to say how many rebels and their supporters were killed during the siege, but the number was far greater. Unofficial sources place the rebel casualties at over 5,000.
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British, Company, and loyal Indian armies in besieging Delhi from the start of the siege to the capture of the city was 1,254 killed, and 4,493 wounded, of which 992 were killed, 2,795 were wounded and 30 missing in action during the last six days of brutal fighting in the city during
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British and Company forces were disordered. Many British officers had been killed or wounded, and their units were now in confusion. The British foothold included many of the liquor stores and over the next two days, many British soldiers became drunk and incapacitated on looted spirits. However,
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The opening of this phase of the siege seems to have coincided with the exhaustion of the ammunition the rebels had captured from the magazine, as the rebel fire became suddenly much less effective. By this time also, the rebels had become depressed through lack of supplies and money and by defeatist
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British, or in the cross-fire. After the siege, many civilians were subsequently expelled from the city to makeshift camps in the nearby countryside, as there was no
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for extinguishing a fire in the magazine whilst under musket fire. Bahadur Shah and his entourage abandoned the palace on 18 September, and a
British force captured the great mosque, the Jama Masjid, and the abandoned palace the next day. They also captured the Selimgarh Fort, attached to the palace
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In spite of this reverse, Nicholson was keen to press on into the city. He led a detachment down a narrow lane to try to capture the Burn
Bastion, on the walls north of the Kabul Gate. Rebel soldiers held most of the flat rooftops and walled compounds, and guns mounted on the bastion fired grapeshot
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mortars was set up near the old Custom House less than 200 yards (180 m) from the city walls, and opened fire against the Water
Bastion near the Yamuna next day. A fourth battery of ten heavy mortars was set up in cover near the Khudsia Bagh, opening fire on 11 September. Because the element of
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River 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city. Fortunately for the besiegers, a canal ran from the Yamuna west of their encampments, protecting the rear of their camp and also providing drinking water. The besiegers occupied various fortified posts along the top of the ridge. The nearest to the city
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on 5 July. His successor, Reed, was also stricken with cholera and forced to hand over command to
Archdale Wilson, who was promoted to major general. Although Wilson made efforts to clear the unburied corpses and other refuse from the ridge and encampment and reorganise the outposts and reliefs, he
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6 miles (9.7 km) west of Delhi, and captured Delhi ridge 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the city and the Bengal infantry barracks to the west of it. As a gesture of defiance and contempt, they set fire to the barracks. This was a senseless act, as it condemned the besiegers (and all their sick
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News of the rebellion at Meerut and the capture of Delhi spread rapidly throughout India. Rumours and envoys from the rebels spread the tidings fast and precipitated widespread rebellions and uprisings, but the
Company learned of the events at Delhi even more quickly, thanks to the telegraph. Where
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Some Company officers and civilians tried to take refuge in the Main Guard, but the sepoys there joined the revolt, and they were slaughtered. Other officers arrived from the barracks, accompanied by two field guns and several companies of sepoys who had not yet joined the rebellion, and recaptured
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This made the siege decisive for two reasons. Firstly, large numbers of rebels were committed to the defence of a single fixed point, perhaps to the detriment of their prospects elsewhere, and their defeat at Delhi was thus a very major military setback. Secondly, the British recapture of Delhi and
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The attack was supposed to be launched at dawn, but the defenders had repaired some of the breaches overnight with sandbags, and further bombardment was required. Eventually, Nicholson gave the signal and the attackers charged. The first column stormed through the breach in the Kashmir Bastion and
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As a preliminary step, on 6 September the Company forces constructed "Reid's Battery", or the "Sammy House Battery", of two 24-pounder and four 9-pounder guns, near the southern end of the ridge, to silence the guns on the Mori Bastion. Under cover of Reid's Battery, on 7 September the first siege
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On 12 May, Bahadur Shah held his first formal audience in several years. It was attended by several excited sepoys who treated him familiarly or even disrespectfully. Although Bahadur Shah was dismayed by the looting and disorder, he gave his public support to the rebellion. On 16 May, sepoys and
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had been cut, but dispatch riders could easily have reached Delhi before the sepoys, had they been sent immediately.) When they had rallied the British troops in the cantonment and prepared to disperse the sepoys on 11 May, they found that Meerut was quiet and the sepoys had marched off to Delhi.
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Temporarily repulsed, the British now withdrew to the Church of Saint James, just inside the walls of the Kashmir Bastion. They had suffered 1,170 casualties in the attack. Archdale Wilson moved to the Church, and faced with the setback, he wished to order a withdrawal. When he heard of Wilson's
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About half the European civilians in Delhi and in the cantonments and Civil Lines were able to flee, first to the Flagstaff Tower on the ridge to the north-west of Delhi where telegraph operators were trying to warn other British stations of the uprising. After it became clear that no help could
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Large contingents of rebellious sepoys and volunteers continued to arrive in Delhi. The majority of no less than ten regiments of cavalry and fifteen of infantry of the Bengal Army rebelled and made their way to Delhi during June and July, along with large numbers of irregulars, mainly Muslim
1372:, a former summer residence of the Mughal Kings, about a quarter of a mile from the north walls. The fourth column was intended to attack only when the Kabul Gate on the west of the city walls was opened from behind by the other columns. The fifth column and the cavalry were in reserve.
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by a force from Meerut, which had fought several skirmishes en route. The Meerut force was led by Brigadier Archdale Wilson, who had conspicuously failed to prevent the rebel sepoys' move to Delhi on 11 May. Anson died of cholera at Karnal on 27 May. Under his successor, Major General
1581:, and elsewhere in India, were in no mood to take prisoners. Several hundred rebel prisoners as well as suspected rebels and sympathisers were subsequently hanged without trial or much legal process. In many cases, the officers of the "Queen's" Army were inclined to be lenient, but
685:, who was 82, had been informed by the East India Company that the title would die with him. At the time, Delhi was not a major centre of Company administration, although Company officials controlled the city's finances and courts. They and their families lived in the "
1007:, which had been annexed by the East India Company only eight years before, the Bengal Native units were quickly disarmed to prevent them rebelling or were defeated when they did rebel. Most of the available Company units were stationed there, along with units of the
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without arms. Due to the increasingly hot summer weather, the church services on 10 May took place half an hour later than on previous weeks, and when the outbreak occurred, the British troops had not yet left their barracks and could quickly be mustered and armed.
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Although there were several Company units available in the cool "hill stations" in the foothills of the Himalayas, it took time before any action could be taken to recapture Delhi. This was partly due to lack of transport and supplies. After the end of the
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By recapturing the Indian capital city, the British and Company forces dealt the Indian Army mutineers a major military and psychological blow, while releasing troops to assist in the relief of Lucknow, thus contributing to another British victory.
853:, the Bengal Army's transport units had been disbanded as an economy measure, and transport had to be improvised from scratch. Also, many of the senior British officers were widely regarded as dotards, far too senile to act decisively or sensibly.
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Wilson eventually ordered all liquor to be destroyed, and discipline was restored. Slowly, the attackers began to clear the rebels from the city. They captured the magazine on 16 September. Another Victoria Cross was earned here, by Lieutenant
1402:) stopped them until Hope Grant's cavalry and horse artillery could move up to replace Reid's column. The cavalry remained in position under fire from guns on the Kabul Gate and suffered heavy casualties, until relieved by infantry.
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Shortly after this, the troops at the Main Guard were ordered to withdraw. The sepoys there, who had hitherto remained aloof from the revolt, turned on their officers, a few of whom escaped after the sepoys left to join the looting.
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regiments (the 38th, 54th and 74th) were stationed in barracks 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of the city. They provided guards, working parties and other details to a "Main Guard" building just inside the walls near the
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Although all these attacks were beaten off, the besiegers were ground down through exhaustion and disease. Conditions on the ridge and in the encampment were extremely unhealthy and unpleasant. General Barnard died of
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in front of the palace, despite Bahadur Shah's protests. The avowed aim of the killers was to implicate Bahadur Shah in the killings, making it impossible for him to seek any compromise with the company.
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to continue the struggle deprived the rebellion of much of its national character. Although the rebels still held large areas, there was little co-ordination between them, and the British were able to
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rifle. The cartridges for this were widely believed to be greased with a mixture of cow and pig fat, and to bite them open when loading the rifle (as required by the drill books) would defile both
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on the northern circuit of walls, the arsenal in the city and other buildings. By coincidence, when the regiments paraded early in the morning of 11 May, their officers read out to them the
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arrive from Meerut or elsewhere, and the cart carrying the bodies of the officers killed at the Main Guard in the morning arrived at the tower by mistake, most of the Europeans fled to
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Meanwhile, the fourth column encountered a rebel force in the suburb of Kishangunj outside the Kabul Gate before the other columns attacked, and was thrown into disorder. Major
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the second through that in the Water Bastion by the Jumna River, but this was not without difficulty, as most of the scaling ladders were broken before they could be emplaced.
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1049:, during which their Muslim soldiers could neither eat nor drink during the day. They nevertheless went into action almost immediately when they arrived at the ridge.
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The administration of the city and its new occupying army was chaotic, although it continued to function haphazardly. The Emperor nominated his eldest surviving son,
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indecision, the dying Nicholson threatened to shoot him. Eventually, Baird Smith, Chamberlain and other officers persuaded Wilson to hold on to the British gains.
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The ridge was of hard rock, about 60 feet (18 m) high, and ran from a point only 1,200 yards (1,100 m) east of the Kabul Gate on the city walls to the
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were induced to support the East India Company, sending contingents of their armies to secure the lines of communication between the besiegers and the Punjab.
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A second battery, consisting of nine 24-pounder guns, two 18-pounder guns and seven 8-inch howitzers, was set up near a flamboyantly designed house known as "
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palace servants killed 52 British who had been held prisoner within the palace or who had been discovered hiding in the city. The killings took place under a
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The attack was scheduled for 3 a.m. on 14 September. The storming columns moved into position during the night of 13 September. The future Field Marshal
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On 8 June, they found the mutineers had entrenched themselves outside the city. They drove the large but disorganised rebel force from the field at the
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over the River Yamuna. Most rebels who had not already left the city now did so before the Company forces captured all the gates and trapped them.
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down the lanes between the houses. After two rushes were stopped with heavy casualties, Nicholson led a third charge and was mortally wounded.
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the Main Guard, sending the bodies of the dead officers to the cantonments in a cart. In the city meanwhile nine British officers from the
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earlier in the year, and the disbandment of his regiment, the 34th Bengal Native Infantry. This produced much muttering in the ranks.
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rumours which were spread by agents and spies organised by
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Memoirs of an Indian translator for the East India Company
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Perrett, Bryan (1993). "3: The Walls of Delhi, 1857".
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observatory in Delhi in 1858, damaged in the fighting.
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The Kashmir Gate: Lieutenant Home & the Delhi VCs
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1888:History of the Corps of Royal Engineers Vol I
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1537:on 20 September 1857
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1075:The capture of Delhi
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3061:Akbar's Tomb
3023:Chawk Mosque
2995:Sheesh Mahal
2980:Lalbagh Fort
2955:Architecture
2941:Hector Munro
2916:Josiah Child
2866:Ibrahim Lodi
2859:Pratapaditya
2844:Khwaja Usman
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304:Mirza Mughal
243:
205:George Anson
134:Belligerents
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58:Part of the
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3234:interrupted
2975:Lahore Fort
2926:Henry Every
2891:Malik Ambar
2834:Baro-Bhuyan
2827:Adversaries
2813:Ranthambore
2768:Chittorgarh
2589:Child's war
2415:family tree
2160:. Penguin.
1961:Amin, A.H.
1777:. Penguin.
1551:Henry Tombs
1525:Capture of
1344:The assault
1309:9th Lancers
1290:60th Rifles
1250:Total – 850
1224:Total – 950
1192:Total – 850
1058:siege train
895:60th Rifles
811:peepul tree
734:Jumna River
723:Barrackpore
687:Civil Lines
600:Bengal Army
522:2nd Lucknow
467:1st Lucknow
3302:Categories
3285:Rohilkhand
3230:Sur Empire
2936:Nader Shah
2871:Rana Sanga
2783:Daulatabad
2667:Haldighati
2599:Bengal war
2437:Government
2369:Alamgir II
2319:Shah Jahan
2186:0902633872
2095:. Abacus.
2082:References
1638:God's Acre
1429:mujahhadin
1360:Plaque at
1233:Major Reid
993:Bakht Khan
957:mujahaddin
638:Barrackpur
618:soldiers.
396:mujahideen
384:siege guns
379:field guns
374:irregulars
340:Bakht Khan
3086:Taj Mahal
2970:Agra Fort
2931:Bajirao I
2854:Musa Khan
2808:Purandhar
2712:Raj Mahal
2687:Najafgarh
2537:Conflicts
2504:Hyderabad
2460:Provinces
1902:orbat.com
1642:The Hindu
1625:Footnotes
1499:July 2020
1470:does not
1451:Aftermath
1437:Thackerey
1264:61st Foot
1203:52nd Foot
1187:4th Sikhs
1143:75th Foot
842:Hindu Rao
756:, led by
732:over the
654:telegraph
634:Berhampur
512:Najafgarh
180:mutineers
3275:Carnatic
3194:Painting
3189:Language
3157:See also
2985:Red Fort
2839:Isa Khan
2803:Kandahar
2788:Golconda
2717:Samugarh
2652:Chanderi
2442:Military
2389:Akbar II
2314:Shahryar
2309:Jahangir
2286:Emperors
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2113:(2006).
2091:(2000).
1905:Archived
1814:(2006).
1773:(1980).
1579:Cawnpore
1175:8th Foot
1017:Pakhtuns
989:Bareilly
371:Kashmiri
362:Pashtuns
349:Strength
99:Location
3209:Weapons
3184:Gardens
3179:Fashion
3174:Culture
3169:Cuisine
3005:Mosques
2901:Shivaji
2818:Sambhal
2793:Hooghly
2763:Bijapur
2737:Tukaroi
2722:Sirhind
2707:Plassey
2624:Battles
2494:Gujarat
2422:Economy
2410:Dynasty
2299:Humayun
2138:. Pan.
1973:30 July
1604:Rangoon
1491:removed
1476:sources
1385:Salkeld
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1221:) – 500
1161:) – 450
1112:Coehorn
1047:Ramadan
1028:Patiala
969:cholera
901:of the
899:Gurkhas
883:monsoon
487:Chinhat
388:12,000
366:Gurkhas
244:†
125:victory
119:British
3115:Others
2896:Gokula
2756:Sieges
2747:Bhulua
2682:Khanwa
2677:Khajwa
2672:Karnal
2662:Ghagra
2657:Chausa
2519:Multan
2509:Lahore
2484:Bengal
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1056:and a
1005:Punjab
991:under
890:Yamuna
866:Alipur
862:Ambala
823:Gujjar
790:Karnal
746:sowars
742:sowars
738:sowars
642:Ambala
616:Muslim
604:Meerut
592:sepoys
552:sepoys
492:Jhelum
390:sepoys
369:2,200
364:, and
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115:Result
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3204:Tribe
2798:Jinji
2778:Daman
2773:Delhi
2742:Bakla
2647:Buxar
2514:Malwa
2499:Delhi
2489:Berar
2479:Awadh
2474:Ajmer
2304:Akbar
2294:Babur
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1211:– 250
1205:– 200
1189:– 350
1183:– 250
1177:– 250
1151:– 250
1145:– 300
1036:Nabha
1032:Jhind
1013:Sikhs
919:Delhi
612:Hindu
560:Assam
502:Arrah
482:Delhi
356:6000
177:Sepoy
104:Delhi
3250:Jats
3143:more
2881:Hemu
2632:Agra
2524:Sira
2469:Agra
2427:Flag
2235:2021
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