The Revolt of 1857

In May 1857, exactly after 100 years of Battle of Plassey, a band of sepoys from Meerut marched to the Red Fort to appeal to Bahadur Shah II, the Mughal Emperor who possessed nothing but the name of mighty Mughal to be proclaimed as Shahenshah-e-Hindustan. The sepoys, then, set out to capture and control the imperial city of Delhi. The capture of Delhi and proclamation of Bahadur Shah as Emperor of Hindustan gave a positive political meaning to the Revolt and provided a rallying point for the rebels by recalling past glory of the imperial city.

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