[DOC] [TLE] Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a rebellion in India against the rule of the 
British East India Company, that ran from May 1857 to July 1859. The rebellion 
began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army .... Since the 
sepoys from Bengal  many of whom had fought against the Company in the 
Battles of... [DOC] [TLE] British Indian Army - Wikipedia [PAR] The Indian Army was the principal army of India before independence from the 
United Kingdom ... The term "Indian Army" appears to have been first used 
informally, as a ... the Indian Rebellion of 1857, often called the Indian Mutiny in 
British histories, ... Viceroy's Commissioned Officers were Indians holding officer 
ranks. [DOC] [TLE] Causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Indian Rebellion of 1857 had diverse political, economic, military, religious 
and social causes. The sepoys, a generic term used for native Indian soldiers of 
the Bengal Army, had their ... Some Indians were upset with what they saw as the 
draconian rule of the Company who had embarked on a project of territorial... [DOC] [TLE] British Empire: Forces: Campaigns: Indian Mutiny, 1857 - 58 [PAR] It is clear why they would like to brand this event as a nationalist uprising. ... For 
the sake of convenience and familiarity, I will use the term mutiny ... The ratio of 
Europeans to Indians in the armed forces in the existing Indian Empire was ..... 
many of whom had served the British government with perfect loyalty through 
long... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: British India and the 'Great ... [PAR] Feb 17, 2011 ... In 1857 a large part of the Indian army rebelled against the British ... Their mutiny 
encouraged rebellion by considerable numbers of Indian ... They found these 
deeply offensive and were driven to resist them with ... Over many years the 
Bengal army had fought faithfully for the British, but on their own terms. [DOC] [TLE] Indian Mutiny facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Indian Mutiny, 185758, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army 
of the British East India Company but developed into a ... in regulations, which 
they interpreted as part of a plot to force them to adopt Christianity. ... increasing 
the proportion of British to native troops and restricting artillery service to Britons. [DOC] [TLE] Indian Mutiny | Indian history | Britannica.com [PAR] Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India 
... In late March 1857 a sepoy named Mangal Pandey attacked British officers at 
the military ... as punishment, they were given long prison terms, fettered, and put 
in jail. ... of the mutiny was the beginning of the policy of consultation with Indians. [DOC] [TLE] First War of Indian Independence - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 24, 2013 ... The British usually refer to the rebellion of 1857 as the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy 
Mutiny. .... When the 11th and 20th native cavalry of the Bengal Army assembled 
... In Malleson's words: "It is due to some of them [sepoys] to state that they did .... 
They proceeded slowly towards Delhi and fought, killed, and... [DOC] [TLE] The Sepoy Uprising (1857-1858) - connect.bcp.org [PAR] More still, the majority of soldiers who put down the rebellion were Indians 
themselves ... After the uprising, the British government ruled India directly and 
formally as a colony ... The mutiny started on April 24, 1857 in the town of Meerut 
in Bengal, ... where they declared a rebellion in the name of the Mughal Emperor, 
known... [DOC] [TLE] Living in the British empire | India - The National Archives [PAR] It was known in Britain as the Indian Mutiny. ... serving in the army of the British 
East India ... Indian historians dislike the term 'mutiny' ... The word mutiny also 
covered up the involvement of ordinary Indians. ... little if they were ruled by the 
British or by the Indian... [DOC] [TLE] Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Sepoy Mutiny [PAR] in

Question: Term for the natives of India who served in the British army; they mutinied in 1857
Answer: the Sepoys