Original sentence: In response the officers of the British Royal Artillery (RA) lined up several guns on the sea front and aimed them at the predominantly Indian parts of the city
Edited sentence: In response the officers of the British Royal Artillery (RA) lined up several guns on the sea front and aimed them at the predominantly Indian parts of the city instead of at the mutinous warships (the same kind of behaviour that was exhibited by the officers of the RA during the Indian mutiny in 1857).It quit India 18 months later.The mutiny was responsible for the quick exit of the British Raj from India.This finally convinced the British government that it would be unable to control India