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Indian Mutiny

noun

  1. a revolt of Indian troops (1857–59) that led to the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the British Crown
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He won his honours and promotion in the Crimea and in the Indian Mutiny.

Collections were made on behalf of the sufferers by the Indian Mutiny.

I got it whilst on active service during the Indian Mutiny, when it was a wee thing, smaller than a rat.

In 1857, on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, he was in command of his regiment at Lucknow.

Writing with rice water and developing with iodine was a device much used during the Indian Mutiny.

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