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battle of Betwa

On this day in 1858, the British defeated Tantia Topi in the Battle of Betwa, during the Indian Mutiny - or the Sepoy Revolt to use another name for what was probably the most bitter war of Queen Victoria's reign.
Northwest · M
This is news?
MandyMitchell · 80-89, F
@Northwest No: this is history. It may be new to some people though.
Northwest · M
@MandyMitchell
No: this is history.

You posted it under Politics/News.

It may be new to some people though.

It's not new to anyone. It happened 265 years ago.

Some people may not know this part of history, because no one knows everything, but nevertheless it's not news.
MandyMitchell · 80-89, F
@Northwest Its under History, Northwest. look at the heading.
I’m certain you’ll delete this but it blows my mind that some folks can’t fathom that most people prefer to be "masters in their own home". It’s a "mutiny" when Native people resist being ruled by foreigners ? And yet today some of you complain that an Englishman of Indian descent is your Prime Minister ?
tenente · 100+, M
can't over emphasize how that battle showed the strength and commitment the Indian people possessed, who set the forests on fire to cover their retreat, in resisting english rule
MandyMitchell · 80-89, F
@tenente British rule. England ceased being an independent country in 1707. And in 1858 India was not yet a unified nation: it took British rule to achieve that status.,
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Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
@msros The US turned out ok though

 
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