print email comment close British India and the "Great Rebellion" URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/indian_rebellion_01.shtml Description: This site provides a British overview of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, which began "in May 1857 [when] soldiers of the Bengal army shot their British officers, and marched on Delhi. Their mutiny encouraged rebellion by considerable numbers of Indian civilians." Includes a short bibliography and links to related sites (some broken). From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Author: Marshall, Peter Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) LII Database Information: Record 23839 created by Maria Brandt on 05/14/2007 Last modification on 08/13/2007 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 06/29/2007 Published: 05/16/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23839