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Siege of Delhi (1857)
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11 May – 20 Sep 1857 — The Meerut sepoys hailed the elderly Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, as their sovereign, and Delhi became the rising’s capital. British forces besieged it from the Ridge for three months, stormed it from 14 September, then sacked and emptied the city.
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- Indian Rebellion of 1857 (chapter 1 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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