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.

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bijouxbroussard · F

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 ?