SATYAMEVA JAYATE

LEGAL HISTORY…

1st war of independence 1857…

Presented by….sourav

To the world

177 yr ago…

Date10 May 1857 – 20 June 1858(1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days)

LocationIndia (cf. 1858)

Result1. British victory 2. Suppression of the rebellion3. End of the Mughal and Maratha Empires4. End of Company rule in India5. Transfer of rule to the British crown

Territorial changesBritish Indian Empire created out of former

East India Company territory (some land returned to native rulers, other land confiscated by the British crown)

Period just before the beginning of WAR.

FACTORS responsible

for the unrest..

BEGINNING of the

war..

Various BATTLES involved

AFTERMATH of the

war.

COMPONENTS

BRITISHERS

Battle of Kanpur

Jhansi & Gwalior

Battle at Arrah Bihar

Lucknow (Avadh)

Various battles involved.....

These highlighted few stateshad strongly opposed the British empire during India's Great revolt of

1857…

Cartridges were coated with fats of cows and pigs & it became the cause for the spark…

26 February,

Lord Dalhousie

The Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856,

who devised the Doctrine of Lapse.

The Governor-General of India during the rebellion.

Charles Canning

Lakshmibai, The Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the

rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse.

The last Mughal Emperor, crowned Emperor of India, by the Indian troops, he was deposed by

Bahadur Shah Zafar. He had died in exile in Burma

Commanders and leaders…

Bahadur Shah II Nana Sahib PeshwaBakht KhanRani LakshmibaiTantya TopeBegum Hazrat Mahal Babu Kunwar SinghIshwori Kumari Devi, Rani of Tulsipur

Commander-in-Chief, India:George Anson(to May 1857)Sir Patrick GrantSir Colin Campbell (from August 1857)Jang Bahadur

Conclusion…

THE INTERNAL CONFLICTS AMONG INDIAN STATES RESULTED IN FAILURE OF 1ST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND AFTER THE FAILURE CONTROL WAS TAKEN OVER FROM THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY THE ROYAL CROWN OF ENGLAND…

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