The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also called the Great Indian Event of 1857, the Indian Mutiny, the Sepoy Mutiny, India's First War of Independence or India's First Struggle for Independence, began on 10 May 1857 at Meerut as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army. Sepoys in the Presidency of Bengal revolted against their British officers.

Historians have identified diverse political, economic, military, religious and social causes of the Revolt of 1857 (First War of Indian Independence 1857).. An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857. Loading the Enfield often required tearing open the greased cartridge with one's …

The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events with the ultimate aim of ending British rule in India.It lasted from 1857 to 1947. The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged from Bengal.It later took root in the newly formed Indian National Congress with prominent moderate leaders seeking the right to appear for …