1857 REVOLT
➮ On 29th March, 1857 the sepoys at Barrackpore refused to use the greased cartridge.
➮ Mangal Pandey attacked and fired on the Adjutant.
➮ The 34 Native Infantry was disbanded.
➮ Delhi was seized by the rebels on 12th May 1857.
1857 REVOLTS : AT A GLANCE
| Centre | Leaders | Time Period |
Officer Who Suppressed the Revolt | Date of Suppression |
| Delhi | Bahadur Shah, Bakht Khan | 11 May, 57 | Nicholson and Hudson | 20 Sep., 57 |
| Kanpur | Nana Saheb, Tatia Tope | 5 June, 57 | Colin Campbell | Dec., 57 |
| Luckow | Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir | 4 June, 57 | Colin Campbell | 31 Mar., 58 |
| Jhansi, | Rani Laxmibai, | 4 June, 57 | Gen. Hugh | 17 June, |
| Gawalior | Tatia Tope | Rose | 1858 | |
| Jagdish- | Kunwar Singh, | 12 June, 57 | Major William | December, |
| pur | Amar Singh | Taylor | 1858 | |
| Faizabad | Maulvi Ahmadullah | June 1857 | — | 5 June, |
| Allahabad | Liakat Ali | June 1857 | Col. Neill | 1858 |
| Bareilly | Khan Bahadur | June 1857 | Campbell | 1858 |
VIEW OVER THE REOVLT 1857
➮ R.C. Majumdar : Neither first nor National nor War of Independence
➮ V.D. Savarkar : First war of Indian Independence
➮ Sir John Seeley : Wholly unpatriotic and selfish sepoy Mutiny
➮ Joutram and W Taylor : Hindu- Muslim Conspiracy
➮ Hugh Rose : Here lay the woman (Laxmi Bai), who was the only man among the rebels.
➮ T.R. Holmes : Conflict between civilisation and Barbarism.
CAUSES OF FAILURE
➮ The revolt remained confined to small part of North India.
➮ lack of resources as compared to those of the British.
➮ The rebel leaders lacked political leadership, military experience and strategic knowledge and limited social base
➮ Sikh, Marathas, Rajputs and some other sections of society supported British Authorities.
