Nineteenth-century topics covered here include the Corn Laws, the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Nana Sahib
, leader of the siege at Cawnpore, is described as a very demon of...
politics
Lucie Duff Gordon
LDG
involved herself with the cause of Azimullah Khan
, who visited England seeking to have an East India Company
pension restored to Nana Sahib
, the adopted son of Indian prince Baji Rao II
.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton.
177-81
Timeline
4 June 1857: The Indian Mutiny reached Cawnpore; at midnight,...
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4 June 1857
The Indian Mutiny reached Cawnpore; at midnight, the siege began that was to last several weeks and leave only five British survivors.