Indian Rebellion of 1857
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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power, including military forces, on behalf of
India in 1765 and 1805, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink
India in 1837 and 1857, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink
Two sepoy officers and a private, 1820s
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, the Governor-General of India during the rebellion.
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence was a Bengal Army officer, surveyor and colonial administrator. He is known for leading a group of British officials in the Punjab known as Henry Lawren
1827 portrait
Joseph Wanton Morrison, whom Lawrence served under in the First Anglo-Burmese War
c. 1847 portrait of Lawrence
c. 1857 photograph of Lawrence