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  • In 1857, when the Bitish needed to quickly exile the perpetuators of what they called the Sepoy Mutiny, it was to Ross Island that they turned to for setting up the penal settlement where convicts were kept till the cellular jail was completed.

    Ross Island : A slice of incredible India Shantanud 2009

  • And half way across the world, Mannan Ahmed who goes by the name Sepoy, on the blog Chapati Mystery, reacted to a NY Times Op-Ed piece - a rant (certainly worth reading) that was equally responsible for inspiring Jawwad Farid into putting up post after post.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

  • Two and a half hours of dramatic retelling of the life of the leader of what the British winners call the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and Indians call the First Indian War of Independence, the film could be dismissively described as Braveheart goes Bollywood.

    [film] The Rising (Mangal Pandey) badger 2005

  • In 1857 there broke out in the armies of the East India Company what is known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

    General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

  • And it was largely the fact that they could and did keep secret what was going on within their borders that enabled the so-called Sepoy Rebellion to get such a smouldering foothold before it burst into a blaze.

    Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914

  • The deceased jawan was identified as Sepoy Amarjeet Singh of Sangrore district of Punjab.

    The Times of India 2008

  • "Sepoy," in response to the invitation of Raikes, was seen to disappear with the latter through the doorway which led to his apartments,

    The Flaw in the Sapphire Charles M. Snyder

  • For some time Robert, with the others, had enjoyed the entertainment offered by this transformation of Satyr to Faun, and the inversion advanced to still further degrees their curious regard of the "Sepoy," a picturesque description bestowed upon him by the blasé boarders.

    The Flaw in the Sapphire Charles M. Snyder

  • The "Sepoy," as she was familiarly designated by the family, was strongly attached to Dolly, as, indeed, she was to every other member of the household.

    Vagabondia 1884 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • 'Sepoy' [Manan Ahmed] -- and follow the links in them wherever they lead ...

    Israel Palestine Blogs 2010

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