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- noun discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
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Examples
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The story of the rise and fall of the Indian Mutiny is the story of the life of Roberts -- in so far as the rise is concerned.
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The present volume deals with Flashman's adventures in the Indian Mutiny, where he witnessed many of the drama-tic moments of that terrible struggle, and encountered numerous Victorian celebrities - monarchs, statesmen, and generals among them.
Fiancée 2010
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He was a good writer with a fine descriptive gift, and can give a more vivid and convincing picture of a period and its people than most academic historians; as an example I would cite his In Times of Peril, in which he brought day-to-day experience of the Indian Mutiny to life for his young readers — and not a few older ones.
Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005
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There was Captain Gleed's traveling desk, complete with ugly gash where he'd used it as a shield during the Indian Mutiny and which accounted for him surviving that spirited bid to topple the Raj.
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The present volume deals with Flashman's adventures in the Indian Mutiny, where he witnessed many of the dramatic moments of that terrible struggle, and encountered numerous Victorian celebrities — monarchs, statesmen, and generals among them.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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The present volume deals with Flashman's adventures in the Indian Mutiny, where he witnessed many of the drama-tic moments of that terrible struggle, and encountered numerous Victorian celebrities - monarchs, statesmen, and generals among them.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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She left celebrated journals of her service in the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny.
Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971
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She left celebrated journals of her service in the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny.
Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971
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Larry said it didn't sound like practice, but more like the Indian Mutiny.
My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956
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War, the Indian Mutiny, and the war with China had kept England in a continual state of martial fever, and the agitation for electoral reform was beginning.
William of Germany Stanley Shaw
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