1857 The Great Indian Revolt – Spread of 1857 Revolt

Spread of 1857 The Great Indian Revolt

Awadh (or) Lucknow

• Resistence in Awadh was prolonged because of the involvement of Talukdars as well as Peasants involvement in the revolt.
• The revolt in Awadh led by Begam Hazrat Mahal the wife of Nawab Wajid Ali.
• She declared her son Birjis Qadra as the Nawab of Awadh.
• Awadh was the nursery of the Bengal Army for a Long time. So the affected sepoys rallied behind Begam.
• Chief commissioner Sir Lawrence was killed during the revolt.
• In March 1858 Lucknow recovered by Sir Colin Campbell and Begum escaped to Nepal.

Jhansi

• Lord Dalhousie had forbid Rani Laxmi Bai’s adopted son to become the Ruler of Jhansi.
• British annexed Jhansi based on Doctrine of Lapse.
• Tantia Tope the commander of Nana Sahib joined with Laxmi Bai after the defeat of Kanpur.
• Huge Rose defeated Tantia Tope and captured Jhans
• But Rani Laxmi captured Gwalior with the help of Tantia Tope and Scindia the king of Gwalior escaped to Bombay.
• In the Battle Hugh Rose defeated Ranilaxmi Bai and she died as a hero in the battle.
• In 1858 Gwalior recovered from the Rebels and in April Tantia Tope captured from the forest and executed.

Barielly

• Khan Bahadur Khan the descendant of the former ruler of Rohilkhand became the commander of the revolt.
• He was not happy about the pension being granted by the British.
• He organised an army of 40000 soldiers and offered stiff resistance to the British.
• He was defeated and Bareilly captured by Sir Colin Campbell.
• Khan Bahadur Khan died in the battle.

Bihar

• In Bihar the revolt was led by Kunwar Singh, the Zamindar of Jagadispur.
• He was affected by British policy of Land Revenue System.
• So he joined with sepoy and protest against British.
• On 27 April, 1858 he died in the Battle at Jagadispur.
• After his death the revolt led by his brother Amarsingh but soon the revolt controlled by William Tylor.