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{{Year in India|1858}}<br />
Events in the year '''1858 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*[[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Charles Canning]], Governor-General, afterwards Viceroy<br />
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==Events==<br />
*January – General Sir [[Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn|Hugh Rose]] begins the Central India campaign; Sir Colin Campbell begins the campaign to recapture Lucknow; trial of Bahadur Shah, King of Delhi, from 27 January<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 141</ref><br />
*February – General Rose relieves Saugor; Campbell's Army of Oudh assembles on the Kanpur-Lucknow road to await Jang Bahadur's Gurkha army<br />
*March – Lucknow is recaptured on 21 March; Central India campaign continues<br />
*April – Battle of the Betwa; the city of Jhansi is stormed and captured (3–6 April); Azamgarh recaptured; advance on Kalpi (25 April); Campbell begins reconquest of Rohilkhand; Koer Singh leads a rising in Bihar; after his defeat he dies of his wounds<br />
*May – Battle of Bareilly followed by its recapture; Battle of Kunch; recapture of Jagdispur; reoccupation of Kalpi; Battle of Mohamdi (24 May) and end of resistance in Rohilkhand; rebels begin guerrilla war in the jungle; Tatya Tope and the Rani of Jhansi outside Gwalior<br />
*June – Gwalior army deserts to the rebels and [[Tatya Tope]] and the [[Rani Lakshmibai|Rani of Jhansi]] seize Gwalior; General Rose marches from the Kalpi to Gwalior arriving on the 16th; next day the battle of Kotah-i-Serai and on the 19th the Battle of Gwalior; Gwalior fortress recaptured; during June guerrilla forces in Oudh, Bihar and along the Nepalese frontier are suppressed<br />
*July to December – suppression of guerrilla forces except in Rajputana and Central India<br />
*October to November – Bahadur Shah travels from Delhi into exile at Rangoon<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 143</ref><br />
*1 November – the end of the [[British East India Company]]'s rule in India is proclaimed<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 145</ref><br />
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=== Dates unknown ===<br />
*''Achipudava Samaram'' led by [[Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker]] in [[Alleppey]], [[Travancore]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-04-07 |title=On the historical Achippudava Samaram and Mookkuthi Samaram |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Sartorial-assertions-for-change/article14224494.ece |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==Law==<br />
*August - Government of India Act 1878<br />
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==Births==<br />
*20 July - [[Baba Sawan Singh]], Second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 2 April 1948).<br />
*9 July – [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal]] (died 12 May 1930) <br />
*7 November – [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] (died [[1932 in India|1932]]) <br />
*30 November – [[Jagadish Chandra Bose]], [[List of physicists|physicist]], [[biologist]], [[Botany|botanist]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] and [[science fiction]] writer (died [[1937 in India|1937]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*[[Rani of Jhansi]] Lakshmibai, Queen of [[Jhansi State]] (d. 18 June at [[Gwalior]], now [[Madhya Pradesh]])<br />
*[[Nawab Majju Khan]], Indian freedom fighter.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year''. London: Sphere Books; pp.&nbsp;154–55 (events of the rebellion)<br />
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