On 10 May 1857, the most serious threat to British supremacy in
India appeared at Meerut, a large military station near Delhi.
After months of increasing tension, sepoys of the 3rd Light Cavalry
along with the 11th and 20th Native Infantry pointedly refused to
use the new cartridges supplied to them. 'The company Raj is over
forever,' declared the men to their British officers as they burned
their cantonments, and the cry of 'Dilhi chalo' (Let's go to Delhi)
was heard as they marched to the old Mughal capital. There the
Mughal empire was declared resurrected and the Emperor Bahadur Shah
Zafar, an ageing pensioner of the British Government, affirmed as
the ruler of all Hindustan once again. With the mutiny spreading
rapidly, it became imperative for the British to recapture Delhi as
the success or failure of the uprising hinged entirely on the
possession of the city and the destruction of the rebel army. It
would take three months of bloody fighting for the British Delhi
Field Force to defeat the rebel sepoys and recapture the city, a
period in which it became unclear quite who besieged whom. Singh
comprehensively narrates the story from the uprising at Meerut to
the climactic capture and sack of Delhi.
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