The?Indian Rebellion of 1857?was a major but ultimately unsuccessful uprising in India in 1857-58 against?the rule?of the?British East India Company which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the?British Crown.[4][5]?The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a?mutiny?of?sepoys?of the Company's army in the?garrison town?of?Meerut 40?mi (64?km) northeast of Delhi (that area is now?Old Delhi). It then erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions chiefly in the?upper Gangetic plain?and?central India[a][6][b][7]?though incidents of revolt also occurred farther north and east.[
By Aditya
Narrated by Aditya Kumar
