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The Vellore Mutiny is the first instance of a mutiny by Indian sepoys against the British East India Company.
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Vellore Mutiny
1806 revolt against the East India Company
The Vellore mutiny, or Vellore Revolution, occurred on 10 July 1806 and was the first instance of a large-scale and violent mutiny by Indian sepoys against the East India Company, predating the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by half a century. The revolt, which took place in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sepoy
Designation given to a South Asian soldier
A sepoy was the designation given to an Indian infantryman armed with a musket in the armies of the the Mughal Empire and the British East India Company.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
East India Company
British joint-stock company (1600–1874)
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies, and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)