The 1857 capture of Delhi was planned, not a sudden uprising by ‘angry men’, said oral historian Sohail Hashmi at his talk ‘1857 Rebels Reach Delhi’ at INTACH. advertisement.

On 6 June 1857 they had defeated a large force of the rebels at Badli-ki-Sarai, a short distance from Delhi. They then succeeded in taking over the Ridge or hillock located north of the city.

But for Delhi, the Revolt of 1857, which had begun in Meerut on May 10, and had landed at its doorstep on May 11, had effectively ended. And with it ended the Mughals and the East India Company.

Meerut to Delhi In the early morning of May 11, Bahadur Shah II, the 82-year-old emperor was at the Musammam Burj, or tower, in the Qila-e-Moalla (as the Red Fort was then called), and was ...

Successfully bridging the gap between history and modern technology, a heritage walk organised by conservationist Surekha Narain brought alive the 1857 mutiny for Delhiites. NEW DELHI: A German ...

On 8 June 1857 a decisive engagement took place between the British and the sipahis at Badli-ki-Sarai near the village of Alipur on the Delhi–Karnal road. The sipahi force was defeated in this ...

The last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II, also known as Zafar, died in a British prison in Burma in 1862. As the last of the dynastic line that extended back to the sixteenth century, he had in his ...

To give some more insight on the monuments connected to the 1857 revolt, acclaimed heritage activist Vikramjit Singh Rai is doing a walk today called the 1857 Mutiny Trail. | Latest News Delhi ...