Misc Letters including references to the Indian Mutiny

Letters from Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand to Capt W Percy 1830-1840 Correspondence to Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand from the Commander-in-Chief Napier Fitzroy and Courtney recording Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand's activities in the Indian Mutiny 1857 Extracts of letters b...

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Order number: PP MS 55, Durand, Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 1838 - 1870
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title Misc Letters including references to the Indian Mutiny
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scb_admin_history Factors behind the Indian Mutiny (1857-1858) included the political expansion of the East India Company at the expense of 'native' rulers, harsh land policies of successive Governor-Generals, and the rapid introduction of European civilization. The trigger was discontent among Indigenous soldiers (both Hindu and Muslim), who revolted, capturing Delhi and proclaiming an emperor of India. The mutiny became a more general uprising against British rule, spreading through northern central India. Cawnpore (Kanpur) and Lucknow fell to Indian troops. With support from the Sikh Punjab, troops under generals Colin Campbell and Henry Havelock reconquered affected areas. The British government subsequently undertook reform, abolishing the East India Company and assuming direct rule by the Crown. Expropriation of land was discontinued, religious toleration decreed, and Indians were admitted to subordinate civil service positions. The proportion of British to 'native' troops was increased as a precaution against further uprisings. Indian Rebellion of 1857: also known as the Indian Mutiny, or India's First War of Independence, the Rebellion began on 10 May 1857 when sepoys from the East India Company's army erupted in revolt in Meerut. Further civil rebellion spread, particularly across Northern and Central India. This resistance was mostly crushed by 1858, with Indian loyalties divided. The 1857 Rebellion had significant repercussions for Anglo-Indian relations for the next ninety years.[Source: Website by The Open University: 'Making Britain: How South Asians shaped the Nation, 1870-1950: http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/indian-rebellion-1857]
description Letters from Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand to Capt W Percy 1830-1840 Correspondence to Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand from the Commander-in-Chief Napier Fitzroy and Courtney recording Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand's activities in the Indian Mutiny 1857 Extracts of letters by Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand written during the Indian Mutiny 1857 Letter in arabic/persian from Sultan Jehan Begum, Bhopal Letters from Shah Jehan Begum to `my dear papa', (Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand?), Jul-Dec 1870
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