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Sepoy Rebellion

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Sepoy Rebellion: see Indian Mutiny Indian Mutiny, 1857–58, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India. It is also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers.
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The Sepoy Rebellion, or the Great Mutiny of 1857, was India's first major uprising against the British.
And he called The Siege of Krishnapur, the central book of Farrell's empire trilogy set during the Sepoy rebellion of 1857, "the most psychologically subtle historical novel I can remember reading".
traces the British Victorian cultural reaction to the events of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 (also known as the Sepoy Rebellion or, in India, the First War of Independence).
 
 
 
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