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1858
Arrest
Bahadur Shah II
Humayun's Tomb   captured & his sons Mirza Mughal & Khizar Sultan & his grandson Abu Bakr executed
1857
Battle of Badli Sari
Bahadur Shah II
8th June Badli Sari   A British relief force defeats an army of mutineers at Badli Sari and takes up a position on the famous ridge, overlooking the city of Delhi
14th June Badli Sari   The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured
1858
British Raj
Bahadur Shah II
  The British Raj rules India
1859
Execution of Tope
Tope, Tatya
April   After Tope's capture and execution the leaderless Indians are soon pacified
1857
Exile of Bahadur Shah II
Bahadur Shah II
14th June Delhi   Bahadur Shah is captured and exiled to Burma during the siege of Delhi
1858
Exile of Bahadur Shah II
Bahadur Shah II
Yangon   Exiled to Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar)
1858
Mughal Dynasty
Bahadur Shah II
Yangon   A formal end is declared to the Mughal Dynasty
1857
Rebellion
Bahadur Shah II
  Bahadur Shah II, by now the pensioned descendant of the Mogul dynasty, is popularly acclaimed as the leader of resistance
  Rebelling Indian kings and the Indian regiments accepted Zafar as Emperor of India
10th May   The violence starts when Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the Army shoots his commander for forcing the Indian troops to use controversial rifles, Indians constitute 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence spreads
1857
Rebellion
Pandey, Mangal
10th May Meerut   The violence starts when Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the Army shoots his commander for forcing the Indian troops to use controversial rifles, Indians constitute 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence spreads
1858
Rebellion
Bahadur Shah II
Humayun's Tomb   captured & his sons Mirza Mughal & Khizar Sultan & his grandson Abu Bakr executed
  India comes under direct ruleof the British crown after failed Indian mutiny
Humayun's Tomb   The rebellion is crushed, seeks refuge in the Humayun's Tomb
1859
Rebellion
Tope, Tatya
April   After Tope's capture and execution the leaderless Indians are soon pacified
14th June   The final stage of the mutiny takes place in central India, which is roused by a roving band of rebels under the Maratha General Tatya Tope
1858
Rule of India
Bahadur Shah II
  India comes under direct ruleof the British crown after failed Indian mutiny
  Leads to a century of direct ruleof the Indian subcontinent by Britain
  The British Raj rules India
  The war ends the end of the British East India Company's regime in India
1857
Sepoy Mutiny
Bahadur Shah II
10th May   Bahadur Shah II, by now the pensioned descendant of the Mogul dynasty, is popularly acclaimed as the leader of resistance
10th May   Indians constituted 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence against British quickly spread (hence the name Sepoy Mutiny)
1857
Sepoy Mutiny
Pandey, Mangal
10th May Meerut   The violence starts when Mangal Pandey, a soldier in the Army shoots his commander for forcing the Indian troops to use controversial rifles, Indians constitute 96% of the 300,000 British Army and the violence spreads
1857
Sepoy Mutiny
Bahadur Shah II
8th June Badli Sari   A British relief force defeats an army of mutineers at Badli Sari and takes up a position on the famous ridge, overlooking the city of Delhi
1857
Siege of Delhi
Bahadur Shah II
8th June Delhi   A British relief force defeats an army of mutineers at Badli Sari and takes up a position on the famous ridge, overlooking the city of Delhi
14th June Delhi   Bahadur Shah is captured and exiled to Burma during the siege of Delhi
14th June Delhi   The arrival of more British reinforcements finally leads to the defeat of the mutineers by John Nicholson, Commander of the relief force, after six days of street fighting, Delhi is recaptured

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