Thanks for my First Barnstar and nice to hear from you ah wikipedia If all the energy devoted to discussing what to call 1857 had been devoted to improving the quality of the historical facts contained in the article it would win a pulitzer an observation applies to almost anything of any actual significance on wikipedia including the Death Star Talkpage IMHO 1857 is called whatever most people call it which makes the battle on the talk page interesting With the willingness of the mainstream media to cut n paste from wikipedia articles have a habit of becoming self fulfilling prophecies for a real life example of this see If most people decide to call it a war it would be a shame IMHO but not terrible War implies a much more co ordinated military operation Then again Mutiny also excludes anyone but the sepoys so seems similiary flawed I like Dalrymple s Uprising which feels like a much more accurate description of the events Anyway all the best BTW Whereabouts in India are you I travelled around the south 20 years ago now and both my wife and I dream of going back with the kids