Revolt of 1857 Sepoy Mutiny Made by Yash Prakash

2. 1857 REVOLT

3. Beginning of the Revolt
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began
as a mutiny of sepoys of the East
India Company's army on 10th May
1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon
escalated into other mutinies and
civilian rebellions largely in the upper
Gangetic plain and central India.

4. It’s Spread
• It spread from the town
of Meerut in Uttar
Pradesh.
• Gradually it spread to
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh
and the most important
place, Delhi.

5. Cause of the Revolt
• The main cause of this
revolt was the soldiers were
asked to bite off the paper
cartridges for their rifles
which were greased with
animal fat namely beef and
pork. This is even today
against the religious beliefs
1857 Cartridge of Hindus and Muslims.

6. Important revolutIon
Centres and theIr leaders
Barrackpore Mangal Pandey
Jhansi Rani Lakshmibai
Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal
Kanpur Nana Saheb
Bareilly Khan Bahadur Khan
Bihar Kunwar Singh
Delhi Bahadur Shah Zafar

7. Mangal Pandey
He was born on 19th July 1827, in the
Nagwa district in Uttar Pradesh.
He is known for his involvement in
the initial stages of the Indian
Rebellion of 1857. While
contemporary British reports
considered him a traitor and
mutineer, he is widely regarded as a
freedom fighter in modern India.
As such, in 1984 the Indian
government issued a postage
stamp to commemorate him.
He died on 18th August 1857.
Mangal Pandey

8. Rani Lakshmibai
• She was was the queen
of the Maratha-ruled
princely state of Jhansi,
situated in the north-
central part of India.
• She was one of the
leading figures of
the Indian Rebellion of
1857and for Indian
nationalists a symbol of
resistance to the rule of
the British East India
Company in
the subcontinent.
Rani Lakshmibai

9. Nana Sahib
• Nana Sahib was born
as Dhondu Pant, he was
a rebel Indian leader
during the Indian
Rebellion of 1857 who
played a part in two
massacres of British
troops and civilians. As
the adopted son of the
exiled Maratha
Peshwa Baji Rao II, he
sought to restore
the Maratha
confederacy and the
Peshwa tradition.
Nana Sahib

10. Khan Bahadur Khan
• Khan Badur Khan
Rohilla was the grandson
of Hafiz Rahmat Khan.
• He formed his own
government in Bareilly in
1857 Indian revolt against
British.
• When the Indian Rebellion
of 1857 failed, Bareilly,
too was subjugated. Khan
Bahadur Khan was
sentenced to death and
hanged in the Kotwali on
February 24, 1860.
Khan Bahadur Khan

11. Kunwar Singh
• Kunwar Singh, one of the
leaders of the Indian
Rebellion of 1857 belonged
to a
royal Kshatriya (Rajput)
house of Jagdispur,
currently a part
of Bhojpur district,
Bihar, India.
• At the age of 80 years,
during India’s First War
of Independence in 1857,
he actively led a select
band of armed soldiers
Kunwar Singh
against the troops under
the command of the East
India Company, he

12. Begum Hazrat
Begum Hazrat Mahal was
stunningly beautiful, and
used her courage and
leadership qualities to
rebel against the British
East India Company during
the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
After her husband had been
sent away in exile to
Calcutta, she took charge
of the affairs of the state
of Awadh, seized control
of Lucknow and set up her
son, Prince Birjis Qadir, as
Begum Hazrat the ruler (Wali) of Awadh.

13. Bahadur Shah Zafar
• Mirza Abu Zafar
Sirajuddin
Muhammad Bahadur
Shah Zafar better
known as Bahadur
Shah Zafar was the
last Mughal Emperor
of India.
• He played an important
role in uniting the
Hindus and the Bahadur Shah Zafar
Muslims to stand
against the British.

14. After the revolt…
• After the revolt, the
Government in Britain
announced the end of
company rule.
• The British Government
directly took control over
India.
• Queen Victoria of Britain
was named the empress of
India.
Queen Victoria

15. Conclusion
• The Revolt of 1857 is still remembered
by the local people as the first war of
independence.
• The rebellion saw the end of the British
East India Company's rule in India. In
August, by the Government of India Act
1858, the company was formally
dissolved and its ruling powers over India
were transferred to the British Crown.