Vincent Eyre at the Siege of Arrah during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, seen here driving the mutineers into the Ganges. Major-General Sir Vincent Eyre, 1811-1881. Bengal artillery officer in the Indian Army. From Hutchinson's History of the Natio

The heroism of the siege was real, but so was the larger context of an empire in crisis. Arrah did not change the course of the rebellion, but it became a legend.

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⚔️ #History books say the soldier-led 1857 rebellion ignited India’s fight for independence.

But upon closer examination, the #SepoyMutiny or the #IndianRebellion of 1857’s contributions to the freedom struggle were highly unusual: it led to the end of the #MughalEmpire, the onset of formal […]