Occupation of Rewarree May 1857

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Occupation of Rewarree May 1857
Part of Indian Mutiny
Date: 17 May 1857
Location: Rewari, Haryana
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 28.188407°N 76.600859°E
Result:
Combatants
Rebel Sepoys
Commanders
Rao Tula Ram
Strength
Casualties

"On l7 May, 1857,the Rao went to the tehsil headquarters at Rewari with four to five hundred followers and deposed the tahsildar and thanedar. They appropriated the cash from the tehsil treasury, took all the government buildings in their possession and proclaimed, under the sanction of Emperor Bahadur Shah, their rule over the pargana of Rewari, Bhora and Shahjahanpur. For their headquarters, they chose Rampura, a small fortified village, one mile south-west of Rewari. Tula Ram, the elder Rao became Raja and Gopal Dev his commander-in-chief."
www.haryana-online.com

External Links

The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58

Recommended Reading

"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548
"My Indian Mutiny Diary" by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207