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{{Year in India|1857}}<br />
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Events in the year '''1857 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*[[lord Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Charles Canning]], Governor-General<br />
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==Events==<br />
* 24 January – [[University of Calcutta]] is founded through the Calcutta University Act.<br />
*10 May (starting date of the revolt)- [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] (also known as the Sepoy Mutiny) or [[The First War Of Indian Independence]], widespread uprising in northern and central India against the rule of the British East India Company.<br />
*May – following the mutiny at Meerut there are outbreaks in Delhi, Ferozepur, Bombay, Aligarh, Mainpuri, Etawah, Bulundshah, Nasirabad, Bareilly, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur and elsewhere; sepoys are disarmed in Lahore, Agra, Lucknow, Peshawar and Mardan; the Delhi Field Force advances to Karnaul; death of [[George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797)|General Anson]] the British commander-in-chief<br />
*June – Mutinies at Sitapur, Hansi, Hissar, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur and Nimach; mutinies at Gwalior, Bharatpur and Jhansi; mutiny at Kanpur, followed by the siege of the Europeans (4–25 June) and a massacre; mutiny in Banaras forestalled; mutinies at Jewanpur, Allahabad, Jullundur, Phillaur, Nowgong, Rhoni, Fatehgarh, Aurangabad (Deccan), Fatehpur and Jubbulpur; Indian units are forcibly disarmed at Nagpur and Barrackpur; mutinies at Faizabad, Sultanpur and Lucknow; order is restored in Lucknow but the district remains disturbed (Europeans take shelter in the [[The Residency, Lucknow|Residency]]); British defeat at Chinhat (30 June) near Lucknow; siege of Lucknow begins. Other events of June: Battle of Badli-ki-Serai (8 June); Delhi Field Force takes up position on the Ridge and begins operations against Delhi; further spreading of the revolt through the Gangetic plain, Rajputana and Central India<br />
*July – Mutinies at Indore and Mhow, Auggur, Jhelum, Saugor, Sialkot, Dinapur and Agra; siege of the Lucknow Residency continues through July; operations against Delhi continue through July; death of [[Henry William Barnard|General Barnard]], commanding at Delhi (5 July); [[Henry Havelock|General Havelock]]'s force advances from Allahabad to the relief of Kanpur and arrives on the 17th, one day too late to save those massacred there; disarming of Indian units in Rawalpindi; Sialkot mutineers defeated at Trimmu Ghat (16 July)<br />
*18 July – University of Bombay ([[University of Mumbai]]) is founded<br />
*August – Mutinies at Kolhapur (Bombay Presidency), Poonamali (near Madras), Jubbulpur, Bhopawar (near Indore), and Mian Mir (near Lahore); rebellion spreads through the Saugor and Narbada districts. Also: disarmament of Indian units at Berhampur (1 August); siege of the Lucknow Residency continues and Havelock's first attempt at relief fails<br />
*September – Failure of an outbreak in Karachi (14 Sept.); further outbreaks in the Saugor and Narbada districts; siege of Saugor begins; the City of Delhi is assaulted and captured by the British (14-20 Sept.); the Lucknow residency is relieved by Havelock and Outram (25 Sept.) but a new siege of the reinforced garrison begins<br />
*5 September – [[University of Madras]] is founded<br />
*October – Mutiny at Bhogalpur (near Dinapur); unrest in Bihar, north Bengal and Assam; mutiny in Bombay city is forestalled (15 Oct.); revolt in Kotah state (15 Oct.)<br />
*November – Sir Colin Campbell relieves Lucknow (17 Nov.); the garrison is evacuated and the city and Residency are temporarily abandoned; defeat of General Windham outside Kanpur (28 Nov.)<br />
*December – Decisive battle of Kanpur (6 Dec.); the armies of Rao Sahib and of Tatya Tope are routed by Sir Colin Campbell; campaign in the Doab; capture of Fatehgarh<br />
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==Law==<br />
*Joint-stock Companies Act<br />
*Oriental Gas Company Act<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year''. London: Sphere Books; pp.&nbsp;153–54 (events of the rebellion)<br />
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