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.
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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
@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.,
