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Sepoy Mutiny

noun

Discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow). Synonym: Indian Mutiny.

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... be ill spared. But above and beyond this cold truth was a vague, shuddering suspicion, amounting to a belief, that the young woman would soon need that very weapon; that, without it she would become another of the unspeakable victims of the fiends who made the Sepoy Mutiny one of the most hideous blots that darken the pages of history. He compressed his lips and swore that the revolver should be recovered, if the thing were possible, failing in which he would compel her to take ...

— The Jungle Fugitives • Edward S. Ellis

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Words linked to "Sepoy Mutiny" : Republic of India, uprising, rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, Bharat, India