Siege of Delhi

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The Siege of Delhi was a pivotal 1857 military engagement in which British forces recaptured the Mughal capital from rebel sepoys, marking a turning point in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Delhi (1857) 3
Siege of Delhi canonical 2
Delhi 1857 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
event in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Shahjahanabad ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Delhi
belligerentSide Company and Crown forces ⓘ
rebel sepoy forces ⓘ
cause mutiny of Bengal Army sepoys ⓘ
wider political discontent with Company rule ⓘ
combatant Bengal Army loyalist forces ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Army

British Army ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
Mughal-aligned rebels ⓘ
rebel sepoys ⓘ
commander Archdale Wilson ⓘ
Bahadur Shah II ⓘ
Bakht Khan ⓘ
Henry Barnard ⓘ
John Nicholson ⓘ
conflict Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
date June–September 1857 ⓘ
effect destruction of parts of the city ⓘ
dethronement of Bahadur Shah II ⓘ
effective end of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
heavy civilian casualties in Delhi ⓘ
strengthening of British control over Delhi ⓘ
endDate 1857-09-21 ⓘ
followedBy British retribution in Delhi ⓘ
further British campaigns in northern India ⓘ
involved artillery bombardment of Delhi ⓘ
assault on the Kashmir Gate ⓘ
street fighting inside the city ⓘ
location Delhi ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
notableFor recapture of the Mughal capital by British forces ⓘ
symbolic blow to the rebellion ⓘ
opponent forces loyal to Bahadur Shah II ⓘ
partOf Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
precededBy outbreak of mutiny at Meerut ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
collapse of rebel control of Delhi ⓘ
recapture of Delhi by British forces ⓘ
significance marked the end of Delhi as a center of rebel authority ⓘ
turning point in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
startDate 1857-06-08 ⓘ
theatre North India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
year 1857 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Rebellion of 1857 → notableEvent → Siege of Delhi ⓘ
Siege of Delhi → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Shahjahanabad ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Delhi
Battle of Gwalior → relatedEvent → Siege of Delhi (1857) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Delhi
Zeenat Mahal → associatedWithEvent → Siege of Delhi (1857) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Delhi
Bakht Khan → participatedIn → Siege of Delhi (1857) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Delhi
King's Royal Rifle Corps → battleHonour → Delhi 1857 ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Delhi