Siege of Delhi: Facts & Related Content


Facts

Date June 8, 1857 - September 21, 1857
Location DelhiIndia
Participants Mughal dynastyUnited Kingdom
Context Indian Rebellion of 1857

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Key People

Bahadur Shah II
Bahadur Shah II
Mughal emperor
John Nicholson, detail of a chalk drawing by William Carpenter, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Nicholson
British colonial official