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Sepoy Mutiny

noun
1.
Discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow).  Synonym: Indian Mutiny.





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"Sepoy Mutiny" Quotes from Famous Books



... as unfamiliar to the Fords as Zoroastrianism or the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny, stilled every voice, slowed every heart. Awed, the heirs began to search gingerly, under the furniture and behind the drapes, for all that was mortal of Gramps, father ...
— The Big Trip Up Yonder • Kurt Vonnegut
... Indian fortress. Flocks of green parrots, startled by our approach, fly from under every cavity of the old wall, their wings shining in the sun like so many flying emeralds. This territory is accursed by Englishmen. This is Chandvad, where, during the Sepoy mutiny, the Bhils streamed from their ambuscades like a mighty mountain torrent, and ...
— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky


Words linked to "Sepoy Mutiny" :   Indian Mutiny, uprising, insurrection, revolt, Bharat, rebellion, Republic of India, India, rising


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