Posted on 12/22/04 @ 06:57 AM
Sepoy Uprising-Battle for Gwalior 1857 - Widespread mass rebellion against British rule in India.The uprising began when indian troops [sepoys] refused to use new rifle cartridges,which were thought to be lubricated with grease containing a mixture of pigs' and cows' lard and thus religiously impure. They were shackled and imprisoned, but their outraged comrades shot their British officers and marched on gwalior. The ensuing fighting was ferocious on both sides and ended in defeat for the mutineers. Its immediate result was that the East India Company was abolished in favour of direct rule of India by the British government- D.Prabakaran