thousands of miles away gradually and almost by chance took power over great swathes of the Indian subcontinent; how after the horrendous shock of the 1857 "Mutiny" the British state took over and ...

She was chartered by the Royal Navy to take the 54th of Foot to India as reinforcements for fighting the so-called Indian Mutiny ... On 11 November 1857, the Sarah Sands was in the middle of ...

They also fought Indian forces in the 1857 Rebellion, which was also known as the Indian Mutiny. None of these wars caused any major migrations to or from Britain.

To the memory of those educated at Westminster School who died in the Russian and Indian wars A.D. 1854-1859 on the field of battle or from wounds or sickness, some in early youth, some full of years ...