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RT @AboutClassicLit: #about #history Sepoy Mutiny - A sepoy named Mangal Pandey fired the first shot of the mutiny in 1857. http://t.co/PBM…
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The Uprising That Shook British India
Fighting in some places continued well into 1858, but the British were ultimately able to establish control. As mutineers were captured, they were often killed on the spot. And many were executed in dramatic fashion. Outraged by events such as the massacre of women and children at Cawnpore, some British officers believed that hanging mutineers was too humane.