THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: SIND, SEP. 1857 A.D.

The results of the work done by the 'missionaries' of the Revolution appeared in the form of the risings of the sepoys Regiments at different places. Karachi took the lead. On 13 September about 11 o'clock in the night Major M'Gregor, the Commanding Officer of the 21st N.I. received information that the Regiment had made plans to rise at midnight, and, after seizing the treasure, it would proceed to Hyderabad. The Horse Artillery took positions in front of the parade ground where the 21st N.I. was disarmed. On the rolls, it was discovered that 27 men had escaped with their muskets.

 

THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: SIALKOT, JULY 8, 1857 A.D.

On the night of July 8 the troopers of the 9th Cavalry took necessary steps and established pickets on the main road. It was still dark when the officers were roused from their sleep by the uproar of the rising and learnt that the crisis had come. The officers tried to make for the fort. They were pursued, and a ball from the pistol of a mounted trooper entered the broad back of the Brigadier, and he was carried to the fort only to die. On the parade ground of the 46th, some of the sepoys were more considerate and told their officers to leave the place immediately, who, no other road being open, fled towards Gujranwala.

THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: SEIZE CONTROL OF DELHI, MAY 11, 1857 A.D.

Having killed the European officers and some newly-converted Christians, they now fell upon the Delhi Bank, which situated in the heart of city--close to Chandni Chowk. The bags of money were carried away by men which however, were later seized by the Revolutionary forces. The jail prisoners got released and fetters removed. The Treasury was plundered by the sepoys, but they surrendered its contents to the Emperor. In the afternoon of the fateful day the most important incident was the explosion of the Magazine, not far from the Emperor's Palace. It contained vast stores of ammunition and a fairly large staff under the command of Lt. George Willoughby.

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