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The Indian Revolt of 1857 was a widespread rebellion against the rule of the British East India Company in India.
It began as a revolt of the sepoys of the British East India Company’s army but eventually secured the participation of the masses.
The revolt at Kanpur was led by Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II. He joined the revolt primarily because he was deprived of his pension by the British.
The revolt at Lucknow was led by Begum Hazrat Mahal, one of the begums of the ex-king of Awadh.
The Maulavi of Faizabad managed to keep the city free from British rule for almost a year until his death at the hands of British agents on June 5, 1858.
Begum Sahiba Zeenat Mahal was the de facto Empress who ruled the Mughal Empire on behalf of Emperor Bahadur Shah II Zafar. In 1858, her husband was deposed by the British, bringing the Mughal empire to an end, and she was exiled to Rangoon with her husband.