THE

REVOLT OF 1857
11 May 1857 Sepoys from Meerut entered the Red Fort through the
Raj Ghat gate, to appeal to Bahadur Shah II become their leader

set out to capture and control the imperial city of Delhi. Simon
Fraser, the Political Agent and several other Englishmen were
killed; the public offices were either occupied or destroyed.

precursor to a widespread mutiny by the sepoys and rebellion

almost all over North India, as well as Central and Western India.
South India remained quiet and Punjab and Bengal were only
marginally affected.

Company’s sepoy strength of

2,32,224 opted out of their loyalty