A timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on the tenth of May 1857 in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the Upper Gangetic plain and Central India.
Timeline 1857 Events of 1857 Date Event 26 February Sepoys of the 19th Native Infantry at Berhampore refuse rifle practice 29 March At Barrackpore, in Bengal, Mangal Pandey wounds two British mutiny of 34th Native Infantry 31 March 19th Native Infantry disbanded 8 April Pandey hanged at Barrackpore 24 April Troopers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut refuse orders to fire greased cartridges 2 May Unrest at Ambala, 48th Mutiny at Lucknow 6 May Part of the 34th Native Infantry disbanded at Barrackpore8 May Troops of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry found guilty by court-martial and given severe sentences 10 May Mutiny and Murders at Meerut, troops head towards Delhi 11 May Europeans, and Christians slaughtered in Delhi 13 May Bahadur Shah Zafar proclaimed new Mughal emperor; British disarm the garrison at Lahore 17 May Delhi Field Force, under George Anson, advances from Ambala 22 May Peshawar garrison disarmed 20–23 May Part of 9th Native Infantry mutiny at Agra 27 May Anson dies of cholera; replaced by Major-General Sir Henry Bernard 30 May Mutinies at Mathura and Lucknow 31 May Rohilkhand and Bhurtpore army mutinies 4 June Jhansi captured by rebels and handed over to Rani of Jhansi 5 June Cawnpore 2nd Cavalry Mutinies 6 June Cawnpore siege begins, Mutiny at Allahabad 7 June Wilson and Bernard meet at Alipore 8 June Battle of Badli-ki-Serai; Massacre at Jhansi 11 June Lucknow police rebels; Neill arrives at Allahabad 25 June Nana Sahib offers terms at Cawnpore 27 June Satichaura Ghat Massacre at Cawnpore 30 June British defeat at Chinhat; Lucknow Residency besieged 1 July Mutiny at Indore 2 July Arrival of Bakht Khan at Delhi 4 July Sir Henry Lawrence dies at Lucknow 5 July General Barnard dies of cholera; Major-General Thomas Reed succeeds as commander of the Delhi Field Force 7 July Allan attacks Delhi leading to the slaughter of Delhi12 July Brigadier-General Sir Henry Havelock defeats rebels at Fatehpur, en-route to Cawnpore 15 July Allan goes to Barrackpore and assembles a large standing army of nearly 6000 men and prepares for battle 15 July Havelock defeats rebels at Aong and near Pandu river at Cawnpore. 16 July Nana Sahib defeated in first battle for Cawnpore17 July Sir Archdale Wilson replaces the ailing Reed as commander of the Delhi Field Force 27 July Kunwar Singh welcomed pre-planed Dinapore cantonment rebellion army at Arrah 27 July Ammunition is blocked from reaching citizens instead it is re-routed to Barrackpore 29 July Havelock's victory at Unnao 30 July First relief of Arrah fails 31 July Lord Canning issues his controversial 'Clemency' resolution, by which he advises against the execution of mutineers not convicted of murder 3 August Siege of Arrah ends after action by Major Vincent Eyre 5 August Havelock's victory at Bashiratganj 12 August Battle between Kher Singh and Ayer Dil, near Jagdishpur 13 August Havelock withdrawal to Cawnpore; Colin Campbell, Anson's successor as Commander-in-Chief of India, arrives at Calcutta 14 August John Nicholson arrives at Delhi Ridge 16 August Havelock victory at Bithur 18 August Rupees 10,000 announced by Patna commissioner E.A. Samuels to apprehend Kunwar Singh 17 August Captain William Stephen Raikes Hodson defeats a large body of rebel cavalry near Rohtak 4 September Siege train, proceeding from Punjab, arrives in the British camp outside Delhi 5 September Suppression of the revolt starts as thousands are slaughtered and Allan moves to Bihar 14 September Wilson's assault on Delhi begins, Nicholson wounded 15 September Rebellion of Muzaffarpur announced to accept leadership of Babu Kunwar Singh 19 September Havelock and Outram marches to Lucknow 20 September Delhi captured and cleared of rebel troops 21 September William Hodson captures Bahadur Shah 22 September Hodson executes Mughal princes 23 September Nicholson dies of wounds 25 September First relief of Lucknow 10 October Agra mutineers defeated 9 November Kavanagh escapes from Lucknow 14–17 November Second relief of Lucknow by Campbell 19 November Women and children evacuated from Lucknow 22 November British withdraw from Lucknow 24 November Havelock dies of dysentery 26–28 November Windham defeated at second battle of Cawnpore 29 November Campbell reaches Cawnpore to join Windham 6 December Tatya Tope defeated at second battle of CawnporeSources: www.britishempire.co.uk and Saul David, The Indian Mutiny
1858 Events of 1858 Date Event 6 January Campbell reoccupies Fategarh 16 January Hugh Rose begins campaign in central India February Campbell opens separate campaign for reconquest of Oudh 3 February Rose relieves Saugor after a seven-month siege 2 March Campbell returns to Lucknow 21 March Last rebels removed from Lucknow 1 April Dividing his force, Rose defeats a numerically superior army under Tatya Tope on the river Betwa 3 April Jhansi captured and sacked 15 April Walpole defeated at Ruiya 23 April Rose enters Kalpi 5 May Campbell victory at Bareilly 7 May Rose defeats large force under Tatya Topi and the Rani of Jhansi at Kutch 22 May Rose wins at Kalpi;end of operations in Rohilkhand; start of guerrilla warfare28 May Rao Sahib, Tatya Topi, the Rani of Jhansi and the Nawab of Banda enter Gwalior State with the remnants of their force and seize Gwalior on 1 June 5 June Death of the Maulvi 12 June James Hope Grant wins at Nawabganj in the final decisive battle in Oudh 17 June Battle of Kotah-ki-Serai, death of Rani of Jhansi 19 June Battle of Gwalior2 August Queen Victoria approves bill transferring administration of India from the East India Company to the Crown 1 November Royal Proclamation replacing East India Company with the British Indian government and offering unconditional pardon to all not involved in murder or the protection of murderersSource: www.britishempire.co.uk
1859 Events of 1859 Date Event 4 January Various Oudh leaders, including Nana Sahib, forced into the Nepal Terai by Hope Grant7 January Operations in Oudh declared officially over. 29 March Bahadur Shah found guilty 7 April Tatya Tope betrayed to the British, 18 April Tatya Tope executed at shivpuri. 8 July Peace officially declared.Source: www.britishempire.co.uk
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