Independence Day 1857: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising ... rule of the East India Company who had embarked on a project of territorial expansion and westernization that was ...

The Revolt of 1857 was the first rebellion against the British East India Company. The issue of greased cartridges and military grievances has been over-emphasized, as the factor for the Revolt of ...

As John William Kaye writes in A History of the Sepoy War in India 1857-58 (published by W.H. Allen, London), “The Native Troops at that great headquarters were smouldering into rebellion ...