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Briefly describe the suppression of the revolt of 1857

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The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is also called the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny,[2] North India's First War of Independence or North India's first struggle for independence. It began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut, as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army. Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British officers.

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