The Bitter British Siege of Delhi 1857

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  • @christopping5876
    @christopping5876 Рік тому +9

    Brilliant selection illustrations along with a gripping story. Thanks Chris!

  • @reynardthefox
    @reynardthefox Рік тому +20

    Such an interesting story Chris ...the historical art work is a treat too .
    Nicholson may have been mad , but he's the kind of leader needed in an attack...
    and Cawnpore ...what a nightmare ...and brought on what followed

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +4

      Unfortunately Cawnpore spawned a retribution out of all proportion. A classic case of unintended consequences

  • @arslongavitabrevis5136
    @arslongavitabrevis5136 Рік тому +41

    What a fantastic story and what incredible and nice memories you brought back! When I was 10 years old, I used to read the wonderful novels by Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) an Italian writer who, like Sir Walter Scott, based his novels on historical facts. One of my favourites was "The Two Tigers" set in India during the Great Mutiny. As incredible as it may seem, at 10 I was a little expert on the Great Mutiny as Salgari's novels were packed with accurate historical data. Thank you for bringing back those happy memories of my childhood!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +4

      Thanks for watching & I'm pleased that you are enjoying.

    • @aviknayak1608
      @aviknayak1608 Рік тому +3

      ​@@TheHistoryChap love the way u narrate the wars.. Please give more stories about British wars in India

    • @knutclau705
      @knutclau705 Рік тому +3

      Ah, remember "Fkashman in the Great Game" (methinks, or was it called differently?) escaping the Crimean war, russian captivity and the horrors of the russian invasion of the caspian region, just to make it straight in time for the indian mutiny? Also good read "the siege of Krishnapur"..

    • @adammerrrick3509
      @adammerrrick3509 Рік тому +2

      Thanks for the wonderful Salgari tip. I have just 'Wikipedied' him. There are four Sandokan novels before Two Tigers. Should I read these first?

    • @arslongavitabrevis5136
      @arslongavitabrevis5136 Рік тому

      @@adammerrrick3509 Hello Adam! How nice to get feedback. Well, if my memory serves me right Emilio Salgari's novels followed a chronological order, therefore, they must be read in that order. Having said that, I remember well "The Two Tigers" and that novel can be read without a previous knowledge of the others. I have just read the English Wikipedia article on Salgari and is excellent with as much information as the Italian page. Good luck and have a nice day!

  • @Dilip122S
    @Dilip122S Рік тому +26

    That was excellent, thank you. There's a lot of misinformation about the events of 1857, particularly the way it was taught to me in school. It's good to hear a factual, evidence-based account, which is what the study of history should always be, of course. Thanks again.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Glad you found it both interesting and useful.

  • @grzzz2287
    @grzzz2287 Рік тому +5

    Thank you Chris, I was looking forward to part 2!

  • @paulreilly3904
    @paulreilly3904 Рік тому +16

    I've been looking forward to this after your excellent first, scene setting, video. You do great work with great clarity. Thank you Chris.

  • @anselmdanker9519
    @anselmdanker9519 Рік тому +18

    Thank you.
    Many years ago I was fortunate to read a copy of Major Reid of the Sirmoor Rifles account of the siege of Hindoo Rao's house.
    It belonged to a fellow student whose brother in law was a former officer of 2nd Gurkha Rifles , King Edward VII 's .
    Now the Royal Gurkha Rifles.
    The Bengal Fusiliers later became the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and was disbanded after the republic of Ireland became independent.
    Thank you for covering this episode.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching and for sharing your book read.

    • @CRrrr-gq1so
      @CRrrr-gq1so Рік тому

      And the glorious invaders continued their brutal occupation of India. The Brit’s seem to love their control of foreign lands and continue to brag about their ability to corrupt local forces and use their sacrifice to subjugate their fellow countrymen.

    • @dipakgurung8602
      @dipakgurung8602 Рік тому

      You didn't mention much about the Gurkhas or did I miss it? They received the Truncheon which is quite unique in the British Army.

  • @RobertStewart-i3m
    @RobertStewart-i3m Рік тому +1

    I just discovered this history channel, and it's the very topics I want to hear! Best part, a Brit with a good voic is narrating

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Very kind of you, thanks

    • @RobertStewart-i3m
      @RobertStewart-i3m Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap You're welcome, and it's true. It's a fascinating part of history. I've had trouble finding info on the mutiny. Thanks again 😊

  • @johnwalker6121
    @johnwalker6121 Рік тому +100

    My great grandfather Daniel Egan was wounded in the hand during the attack on Delhi on Sept 14 as a soldier in the 81st Regiment of foot. For his service, he was one of the 50,700 British troops who fought in this campaign, he was awarded the Indian Mutiny medal. He returned to England with his Regiment in Oct 1865, having completed his enlistment he mustered out and immediately left England to join family Philadelphia.

  • @greg_4201
    @greg_4201 Рік тому +1

    Rivetting stuff! Detailed, objective, exciting, and perfectly paced. You've done excellent work here. I'm hooked and binge watching through to the end. Had only planned to watch the first one!

  • @gurpreetdhaliwal8977
    @gurpreetdhaliwal8977 Рік тому +40

    People might have questions about why the sikhs did not support this so called "war of independence". One merely has to look at the history of sikhs vs. mughals to understand the reasons. I am a sikh and we had a very long troublesome history with the Mughal empire and there was no way in hell that sikhs could fight to allow a Mughal emperor to become powerful again.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +4

      Thanks for sharing your perspective. Appreciated.

    • @truth0106
      @truth0106 Рік тому

      And it was jihad...it was good sikhs didn't support....

    • @frank871
      @frank871 Рік тому

      In hindsight though that actually doesnt seem like the smartest decision they could have made. I mean lets be honest the last capable emperor of the Mughals was Aurangzeb. The others were just namesakes. This mughal emperor they rallied behind was a puppet whose face was being used to gather support. If the war succeeded to kick out the British the actual guy who would have been chosen to rule definitely wouldn't be him.

    • @arifahmedkhan9999
      @arifahmedkhan9999 Рік тому +2

      So they Allied with a force that destroyed the whole subcontinent.
      Uh... shows how much we should care for them

    • @greg_4201
      @greg_4201 Рік тому +6

      @@arifahmedkhan9999 ''''destroyed the subcontinent''''? 😂 What the hell are you talking about? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @edbowen8287
    @edbowen8287 7 місяців тому

    I am really enjoying this series. I know very little about these events and I'm learning a lot. Great job!

  • @briandubois-gilbert8182
    @briandubois-gilbert8182 Рік тому +24

    Gripping, tragic and insightful narrative of this conflict. Interesting history of the Gurkhas, Pathans (Pashtuns) and Sikhs serving loyally with the British during this conflict. The Sikhs fought the British in the mid 1840s Anglo-Sikh Wars. The Sikhs and the Gurkhas will serve in the British army in the following decades including WW1 and WW2. Really appreciate your videos.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Thanks for your support.

    • @jasoncornell1579
      @jasoncornell1579 Рік тому +5

      Conan Doyle paid due tribute to the Sikhs via Dr Watson "I know the Sikh he's not a man to be triffled with"

    • @jon9021
      @jon9021 Рік тому +1

      @@jasoncornell1579 an excellent quote (and very true!)

    • @amitmangsulikar7153
      @amitmangsulikar7153 Рік тому +7

      One of main reason for British victory over outnumbered Indian sepoy was helping hand of Sikhs, Gurkha and Pashtun and Punjabi Muslim. Punjab remains helpfull to British. The British rule just started in Punjab and they not experience the oppressive and exploiting British policies like sepoy, and farmers and former kings of northern part of India face in last 100 years.

    • @kancharlaprasad6424
      @kancharlaprasad6424 Рік тому

      Observe the divide and rule of the British.The sikhs and Gurkhas could have turned their guns towards British

  • @jamiewatkins5870
    @jamiewatkins5870 Рік тому +2

    Another great eye opening series, never knew this,look forward to the next one 👍

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Just released:
      ua-cam.com/video/MJyRJlcSxQ8/v-deo.html

  • @billballbuster7186
    @billballbuster7186 Рік тому +14

    Well done a great talk as always. One of the reasons why the majority of sepoys did not join the mutiny was religion. The mutiny was seen as largely a Muslim affair and other religious groups would have none of it. India has a long memory and many had suffered under Muslim rule before the British arrived. I am looking forward to the Cawnpore episode covering the infamous Bibigar Massacre.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +9

      Thanks for contributing. My understanding is that the initial rising in the Sepoy Army was from Hindus, as I suggested in my first episode.

    • @SafavidAfsharid3197
      @SafavidAfsharid3197 Рік тому +2

      ​@@TheHistoryChap hey!! You should look into 1st siege of bharatpur and 2nd siege of bharatpur, it's quiet interesting i think.

    • @billballbuster7186
      @billballbuster7186 Рік тому +9

      @@TheHistoryChap Certainly Hindus played a substantial part in the revolt. But British soldiers and historians blame the Muslims who had been calling for Jihad years before the mutiny. The 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry which trigged the mutiny were Muslim.

    • @billballbuster7186
      @billballbuster7186 Рік тому +5

      @@TheHistoryChap Did some more research. 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry was Muslim and the soldiers were Sowars not sepoys. All 11 Muslim Cavalry Regiments of the Bengal Army mutinied and were disbanded. The 20th Native Infantry Regt, the second unit to Mutiny at Meerut was also Muslim raised by the Vizier of Oude.

    • @anonymouslyopinionated656
      @anonymouslyopinionated656 Рік тому +3

      this is objectively wrong. it was most definitely NOT seen a Muslim affair. neither from the perspective of the Sepoys, nor the other powers that joined.

  • @pauldesjardins8166
    @pauldesjardins8166 Рік тому +2

    That was an outstanding presentation. It provided information that I did not obtain from Churchill's coverage of that subject.

  • @AdityaKumar-xw2yx
    @AdityaKumar-xw2yx 9 місяців тому +3

    What an intriguing and eye-opening explanation. We were taught about this event in our textbooks as the Sepoy Revolt, and some historians refer to it as the First Freedom Struggle. However, as a software engineer with a passion for history, I believe that the East India Company's victory in this rebellion set the stage for positive transformation in India. The rebellion ultimately led to the end of Mughal rule in India, paving the way for a unified and independent country where Hindus could live in peace and harmony. While the rebellion undoubtedly was a time of great upheaval and suffering, it also marked the dawn of a new era for India. I understand that this may be a controversial opinion, but I believe it is crucial to recognize the multifaceted and complex nature of this historical event.
    Furthermore, I would like to emphasize that the failure of the Sepoy Revolt ultimately proved to be a blessing in disguise, a felix culpa. While the rebellion itself was a tragic event, it ultimately led to the dismantling of the Mughal Empire, which had become increasingly oppressive and inefficient. This paved the way for India's eventual independence from British rule, which in turn laid the foundation for the establishment of a democratic system of government. Under Mughal rule, democracy would have been virtually impossible to achieve.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for taking the time to add this perspective to Indian history. I hadn’t seen it in that light before.

  • @simonnoble7589
    @simonnoble7589 Рік тому

    loved this story , i think i`ve watched all your history story`s and have loved them all .... many thanks .. Simon

  • @abhishekvenkitaraman7797
    @abhishekvenkitaraman7797 3 місяці тому

    Wonderful narration ! William Dalrymple's The Last Mughal brought me here :) Even though we studied about 1857 in high school History, there are so many details and events which we are not aware of.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for watching my video & your feedback.

  • @powerplay8355
    @powerplay8355 Рік тому

    Absolutely fascinating! Great production.

  • @fredazcarate4818
    @fredazcarate4818 Рік тому +13

    Bravo Sir! Thank you for narrating another riveting example of daring, guts, and military skill and old fashioned determination to win. Brilliant video on the subject. Aces Sir! God bless you and I look forward to your next offering. 👊👍c

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Next one coming later this week.

    • @TheRforravi
      @TheRforravi Рік тому

      You mean, Old fashioned determination to be a virus in another civilization and subjugate the native and destroy their culture and economy...

    • @vatsal7640
      @vatsal7640 Рік тому

      @@TheRforravi that's war and conquest.
      Don't act as if Indians weren't killing each other before

  • @bobm9784
    @bobm9784 Рік тому +7

    Looking forward to more! I spent an hour or thereabouts wandering around the graveyard where Nicholson's buried in Delhi a few years ago.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Thanks for sharing the visit.

    • @hardeepsingh-sg2kz
      @hardeepsingh-sg2kz Рік тому

      Nicholson is buried in a cemetery called Nicholson cemetery in an area called Kashmere Gate in north Delhi I studied in a school called st Xaviers which abutted the cemetery and a couple of our teachers had the misfortune of being buried there !

  • @jon9021
    @jon9021 Рік тому +2

    Another superb episode sir. Looking forward to more.

  • @brianford8493
    @brianford8493 Рік тому

    Where i first heard the term 'forlorn hope' Brilliant as per!

  • @Ichigokurosaki24140
    @Ichigokurosaki24140 Рік тому

    Very informative thanks for showing your respect over our Indian history.

  • @Iliinois18
    @Iliinois18 Рік тому +1

    Appreciate you covering this, alot of people are oblivious to the cawnpore massacre.

  • @Dr.Cassandra
    @Dr.Cassandra Рік тому +1

    I’ve been looking forward to this video! Thank you for your excellent content and knowledge!

  • @RajuDas-qu1li
    @RajuDas-qu1li Рік тому

    Enchanted! Bring more!

  • @OscarGomez-hx8zc
    @OscarGomez-hx8zc Рік тому

    Man thank you for your incredible videos!

  • @ATOMTAYLOR
    @ATOMTAYLOR Рік тому

    Nicely put together and Narrated. Thanks Chris.

  • @davidberlanny3308
    @davidberlanny3308 Рік тому +5

    Hi Chris, very well narrated and editted, look forward to the next episode. Good luck from Spain!!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Thank you. Cawnpore Massacre released yesterday.

  • @pincermovement72
    @pincermovement72 Рік тому +3

    I remember asking you to do a series on the Indian Mutiny and you are doing us proud, thanks.

  • @cameronbrown9080
    @cameronbrown9080 Рік тому +1

    Great video today thanks for what you do and I'm looking forward to the next one 😊😊

  • @christopherseivard8925
    @christopherseivard8925 Рік тому +1

    Thanks. Informative as always, and questions that are covered before I can ask!

  • @ewaldsteyn469
    @ewaldsteyn469 Рік тому

    Thanks, excellent as always!! Really looking forward to the next episode.

  • @nathanappleby5342
    @nathanappleby5342 Рік тому

    Once again full of good stories, even though some were tragic. Nice mentions of Frederick Roberts.

  • @ajahlaabib8972
    @ajahlaabib8972 Рік тому +19

    The first Canadian to win the VC William Hall, a black sailor, won it working artillery during the attack on the grand Mosque. He and a ships cabin boy worked the gun under heavy and relentless sniper fire, where other crews retreated. They eventually blew a hole large enough for the infantry to charge into and clear the mosque. His story was forgotten for a while, an old book my mother got for my birthday on Canadians and military decorations didn't even mention him, Old wrongs are being righted and one of our new APB's is named after him.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +14

      Guess whose story I intend to tell later in this series?

    • @Jon.A.Scholt
      @Jon.A.Scholt Рік тому +4

      Can't wait to hear that story get the History Chap treatment

    • @crunch4308
      @crunch4308 Рік тому +3

      I read about him, a free man that sided with the British against the upstart British of the 13 colonies, upon the treasonous British with French and Dutch assistance victory. The brave honorary Brit fled to Canada with thousands of other sensible free black peoples they fled to the safety of the British Empire

    • @ibrahimsuleiman8473
      @ibrahimsuleiman8473 Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap
      Can you make a video about British taking over of Sokoto caliphate.

    • @jon9021
      @jon9021 Рік тому

      Huzzah!

  • @jmc7034
    @jmc7034 Рік тому

    Always a pleasure when one of your vids pops up

  • @andrewsteele7663
    @andrewsteele7663 Рік тому

    Thanks, Chris, another brilliant telling, I am looking forward to the next episode, Cheers

  • @joeritchie4554
    @joeritchie4554 Рік тому

    Such fascinating history that I am learning about for the first time. Thank you for sharing.

  • @markwilkes8209
    @markwilkes8209 Рік тому

    Excellent once again Chris, can't wait for the next one 👌.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Glad that you are enjoying. Next one later this week.

  • @Kubotahonda5
    @Kubotahonda5 Рік тому

    So glad that I found this channel ⚔️ amazing contents ❤

  • @CranialExtractor
    @CranialExtractor Рік тому

    Thank you for making wonderful informative videos about history.

  • @NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek

    Brilliant and, as Always, Fascinating!!!!

  • @vorynrosethorn903
    @vorynrosethorn903 Рік тому +14

    When it comes to Hobson and really the mutiny in general the factor of group psychology was key, the reason he shot the men wasn't because the mob had decided on attack but rather that they were indecisive, weakness or fear from the British would have given them confidence and made them aware of their numbers, likewise if they had had leadership of one of the prince's had been charismatic and daring then it is almost certain the British would have been ripped to pieces. Instead due to his actions they lost their nerve and dispersed, the moment of decision was marked by inactive tension and I'm sure that Hobson could have danced an Irish jig if he had wanted, the confusion that would have caused would certainly have brought him time. Time and time again throughout the mutiny decisiveness was proven the most valuable attribute, men like Nicholson were so effective because they could push a fine balance in their favour and that change would snowball as all the fence sitters stampeded to line up behind the path of least resistance. Without such men and actions the British would have found that even those who hated the rebels would look to their own interests and the sudden realisation of British weakness and indecision would have caused a spiral into chaos.
    Hodson's horse is still an active unit of the Indian Army, at current they are the 4th horse of the armoured corps.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Thanks for taking the time to contribute. Appreciated.

    • @zaclang6472
      @zaclang6472 Рік тому

      Interesting, but I don't think it was that finely balanced. Indians in battles against the British had always been incredibly hopeless though - many decisive British victories from 1754 - 1860 were fought at odds like 10 to 1. Also, many of the Hindu maharajahs of princely states were really semi-autonomous, they didn't even have to pay taxes, they led good lives and only had to put up with a British "political officer" who made sure that they didn't fight their princely neighbours etc. or strike up dialogues with other European powers (that's it) - for those rulers it was "better the devil you know" rather than throw their weight behind a resurgent Islamic Empire ruling from Delhi who were going to do God knows what with their territories - the Sikhs felt the same way. And the Gurkhas were not even Indian - they didn't care, and they were happy with the pay, treatment and with the equipment from their British paymasters who offered guaranteed long term employment. As professional mercenaries, the rebels would have always seemed a dubious prospect as a future employer.

    • @qmsarge
      @qmsarge Рік тому +1

      The native soldiers who mutinied were led by what was known as "Native Officers" (Subedar, Risaldar etc.). These officers had command over a small group of men who were mainly from same area and religion etc.
      These officers never could get the "big picture" (the latest jargon) of waging a war. Planning large military operations, troop movements and even maintaining a supply line was not their skill.
      The British Generals were smart here. They knew which soldiers (Sikhs/Gorkhas) remained loyal to them and could bring in a large number of troops from Karnal etc.
      And simply put the British officials knew the Indian society and it's differences better than Indians themselves .

    • @TheRforravi
      @TheRforravi Рік тому

      British will pay for their karma... Karma is a bitch...

  • @kaoskronostyche9939
    @kaoskronostyche9939 Рік тому

    Listening to the whole series. YOu do great presentations. Thank you.

  • @rodeastell3615
    @rodeastell3615 Рік тому

    Excellent as always ... I'm looking forward to next episode.

  • @stigg333
    @stigg333 Рік тому

    Great video and so interesting, thanks for all your time and effort you put into these fascinating stories and stay well.

  • @davidwoods7720
    @davidwoods7720 Рік тому

    Thanks so much Chris

  • @AlRedsoxFan
    @AlRedsoxFan Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the videos
    Take care 🙂

  • @petesmodelcarcustoms584
    @petesmodelcarcustoms584 Рік тому

    Very good. I was glued to every word👍

  • @free_gold4467
    @free_gold4467 Рік тому

    Excellent, so well told.

  • @lewislewis4240
    @lewislewis4240 Рік тому +1

    I first time I heard about the siege of Delhi was from Martin Carthy a Folk guitarists so learning the history behind the song has been very interesting.

  • @ropeburnsrussell
    @ropeburnsrussell Рік тому +1

    I'll garden later!
    New History Chap!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Always a good reason to put off gardening :)

  • @simonkevnorris
    @simonkevnorris Рік тому

    Thanks for this series. Interesting and informative.

  • @LeePenn2492
    @LeePenn2492 Рік тому +1

    I served in 1st Bn The Light Infantry and they through previous county Light Infantry Regiment inherited part of the Union Flag that was recaptured from the battle of Lucknow, found throw down a well along with bodies of British men , women and children.

  • @barrydevonshire9749
    @barrydevonshire9749 Рік тому

    This is fascinating. Perhaps consider the story of Baird Smith. A canal engineer who saved many British lives and the total destruction of a masque in old Delhi. Buried in Madras. A Victorian hero !!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for the suggestion. I will add to my (ever-growing) list.

  • @janlindtner305
    @janlindtner305 Рік тому

    Well done Chris keep it up.👍👍👍

  • @GrandAdmThrawn
    @GrandAdmThrawn Рік тому +3

    I've recently have watched "55 Days in Peking" and I was wandering whether you have any plans to talk about the Boxer Uprising and the involvement of England in it?

    • @cynthiaalver
      @cynthiaalver Рік тому

      I recommend The Boxer Rebellion by Diana Preston. A wonderful compilation of that summer of 1900 in China. I just finished rereading that book again.

    • @GrandAdmThrawn
      @GrandAdmThrawn Рік тому

      @@cynthiaalver Thanks, I will try to get it ❤

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Yes, later this year. Please subscribe or sign up for my newsletter so you don’t miss (www.thehistorychap.com)

  • @darrenmarsh8830
    @darrenmarsh8830 Рік тому +1

    This is a period of history that is rarely taught, so it's with great appreciation that I thank you for yet another lecture on the history of Britain and the Commonwealth.

  • @anugranmathimugan2778
    @anugranmathimugan2778 Рік тому +2

    Another great Video . Always amazes me how different historically North and South India are to each other . For a South Indian the Delhi Sultanate seems another world away .

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Interesting thought.

    • @qmsarge
      @qmsarge Рік тому

      The best part is that the British were smart enough to understand Indian society and identify the fissures/differences between them.
      So they could get Sikhs and Gorkhas (Hindus) to fight the Bengal troops (Hindus from another area and Muslims). And later got Gorkha and Pathan (Muslim) troops to fire at Sikhs in Amritsar. And during the 1921 Moplah riots in South India, got Gorkhas and Assam Rifles troops to flatten the Moplah (Muslim) religious terrorists.

  • @jonmeek3879
    @jonmeek3879 Рік тому

    Again very well presented

  • @stoneagepunk
    @stoneagepunk Рік тому

    Very interesting, thank you!

  • @ОксанаОмельяненко-л1ы
    @ОксанаОмельяненко-л1ы 9 місяців тому +1

    ДЯКУЮ!!!!!

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  9 місяців тому

      Thanks for taking the time to comment

  • @amotaba
    @amotaba Рік тому

    excellent video Chris

  • @douglasherron7534
    @douglasherron7534 Рік тому

    @6:10 - That "junior officer, Frederick Roberts" went on to win a V.C. for his actions on 2 January 1858 at Khudaganj (later during the Mutiny) and eventually become Field Marshal Lord 'Bobs' Roberts of Kandahar...
    @12:23 - The 75th Foot were not merged with the Gordon Highlanders (the 92nd) until the reforms of 1881. During the Indian Mutiny they were the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot. Originally raised in October 1787, in Stirling, by Colonel Robert Abercromby as the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot the regiment was formed for service in India with the forces of the East India Company. Although the EIC was charged with the regiment’s upkeep while in India, it was still a British Army unit. Peviously serving in India from 1788 to 1807 it had fought in the Third & Fourth Mysore Wars and the Second Maratha War.

  • @ladymeghenderson9337
    @ladymeghenderson9337 Рік тому

    Very interesting Chris, not as gory as the last one. Have a good week

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thank you. You might want to close your eyes in the next one!

    • @ladymeghenderson9337
      @ladymeghenderson9337 Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap Chris if I close my eyes I won't see it anyway, praps I should avoid that one eh, and wait for something less blood thirsty. See you then, have a good week

  • @jasoncornell1579
    @jasoncornell1579 Рік тому +6

    Dam good work putting down those damned rebels!!😊

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

    • @hardeepsingh-sg2kz
      @hardeepsingh-sg2kz Рік тому

      The country belonged to those dammed rebels😊😊

    • @jasoncornell1579
      @jasoncornell1579 Рік тому

      @@hardeepsingh-sg2kz yes and England belongs to the English but seeing as no one seems to think they should have to respect that anymore so guess it's all just a free for all worldwide

  • @alecblunden8615
    @alecblunden8615 Рік тому +1

    A great summary, but one question. A lot of pictures feature the Foreign Service helmet (adopted in the 1870's) rather than the Kepi style cap covered by the Havelock cap and neck cover which was standard headgear in the 1857 - 58 period. Am I being picky?
    As an aside, the Havelock is now usually associated with the French Foreign Legion without acknowledgement of its British origins.

  • @b.critical7873
    @b.critical7873 Рік тому

    Great vid,Thank You.

  • @simeonstilite
    @simeonstilite Рік тому

    Excellent! Congratulations from France.
    I know the Sepoy Mutiny since, when I was a a child, I read La Maison à vapeur (The Steam house) by Jules Verne, a novel describing a journey in India in 1867, ten years after the mutiny, in a sort of curious camping-car tracted by a power-engine looking at an elephant ! Colonel Munro's wife has been killed in the Cawnpore massacre (or the Colonel thinks so). The Colonel and his friends are going to travel through part of India, passing through the famous places of the revolt, without knowing that Nana Sahib, one of the chiefs of the revolt, who survived, has decided to set a trap for them because he wants to revenge on Colonel Munro who (in the novel) killed the Rani Jansi, another head of the revolt. Eventually Munro and his friends will discover that Munro's wife is not dead : she has gone mad after the massacres, and she wanders in the forests and the villages, respected by the population; the entire story is a very interesting description of the northern India, with recollections of the Mutiny, until all the characters meet for the final fight...
    Talking of the Mutiny, Jules Verne perfectly describes the situation of the British during the revolt, facing an enemy superior in number and compensating for this inferiority with courage and tenacity. He gives the French point of view upon the Mutiny at the time (the book was published in 1880, I think), a revolt maybe caused by British bad treatments of Indians, but admitting without seeing contradiction that British cause is that of civilization ....

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment.

    • @kupamanduka9218
      @kupamanduka9218 Рік тому

      "British cause is that of civilization" 😂. You misspelled exploitation bub.
      Didn't know Jules Verne prescribed to the "white man's burden" line of thought. He must've been a product of the times i guess, sadly.

    • @simeonstilite
      @simeonstilite Рік тому

      ​​@@kupamanduka9218t was the occidental point of view of his time, at least the dominant one. Jules Verne in his novel says shortly and cautiously Britain is not without reproach in India, but when dealing with the Mutiny, he is on the British side.
      His views about colonization have been discussed by scholars, they seem not to have been single - minded, but he believed in the superiority of occidental people.

    • @kupamanduka9218
      @kupamanduka9218 Рік тому

      @simeonstilite Yeah, race theory was the predominant idea then, a way to sell Colonialization as a noble cause. Even Gandhi used to believe in it initially..

    • @johnlightfoot6715
      @johnlightfoot6715 Рік тому

      @@simeonstilite Jules Verne's views on the subject may have been complex. My reason for saying this is that Captain Nemo of the Nautilus was later revealed by Verne to be an Indian prince whose family had been killed during the revolt/mutiny - and the race he so hated were the British.

  • @HighSpeedNoDrag
    @HighSpeedNoDrag Рік тому

    Well Done and Subscribed.

  • @outpostraven
    @outpostraven Рік тому

    Excited to learn about this history

  • @carlT1986
    @carlT1986 Рік тому

    I love these videos. Entertaining and I believe educational. I say believe because I am not well versed in the history of India or of the British administration in India.
    Even so, I believe it is clear that India benefited then and even more so now from British involvement in the subcontinent

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thank you for taking the time to watch my video

  • @SafavidAfsharid3197
    @SafavidAfsharid3197 Рік тому +2

    Though part of "bengal presidency" many of these regions weren't bengal region. Bengal region is the land consisting of Bangladesh and west bengal while there was awadh region or oudh, rohilkhand, bihar, bhojpur,etc.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +3

      Thanks for taking the time to comment. You are right that the Bengal Presidency was growing way beyond Bengal. That in itself was adding to internal differences in the Bengal army.

  • @srikantamohanty4214
    @srikantamohanty4214 Рік тому +1

    Excellent

  • @DaveAinsworth-y8h
    @DaveAinsworth-y8h 28 днів тому

    Because the Kings Royal Rifle Corp was fighting with the Gurkhas and learned that the Gurkhas was hard fighters, both The Kings Royal Rifle Corp and The Rifle Birgade honour of Rifleman to Gurkhas. In the Siege of Delhi both The KRRC and Oxenfordshire (52nd Foot) Light Infantry Victoria Crosses in the siege My father was born in Delhi because his father was a Steam engineer in India Railway.

  • @shaungillingham4689
    @shaungillingham4689 Рік тому +1

    Great series, it was definitely the Indian mutiny, never mind that a few present day Indians get all upset about it, in 1857 India my have been a generic name for the sub continent, but there was no such thing as India the country. That's something else we gave them. Their callous butchery of women & children, had to be avenged, unfortunately this vengeance probably went too far as well, although having said that they had to make this a lesson, that rebellion would never be tolerated as to prevent this happening again, by their standards of those times were far more severe, even on our own people, rebellion meant death.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for taking the time to comment.

    • @truth0106
      @truth0106 Рік тому

      It was fight for independence for Hindus and jihad for muslims....many innocent British civilians were killed consciously by Jihadis......

    • @shaungillingham4689
      @shaungillingham4689 Рік тому

      @Sahitya oh arent you the wise one? Or smart alec?
      There was never a unified India until the area was reduced by modern rapid 19th century transportation, the railway, otherwise it took days & sometimes weeks to cross the vast distancees as the roads were rudimentary at best.
      Same for communication, 19th century telagraph meant news & info could pass very rapidly, the whole process making in what it is today, never mind going back millenia, what difference does that make?
      It was British western modern technology of the 19th century that only began to create the country you have today.
      We even gave you a common language, English.
      Stop being so butt hurt because it was Britain itself that helped make your country what it has become today, not some long dead empire from 4 millenia ago. Similarly Britain became a country because at the beginning it was occupied by Rome, for nearly 400 years, several centuries after their departure we had established a kingdom. But their occupation basically made us one country as they had more advanced technology of their day.

  • @Ryuko-T72
    @Ryuko-T72 Рік тому

    The casualty numbers are staggering. Also the simple decision to storm the city in such a brazen manner

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      Huge % of casualties - over 30% of British attacking force.

  • @amitmangsulikar7153
    @amitmangsulikar7153 Рік тому +6

    Sepoy mutiny is rise of Indian nationalism. It was first time when Indian rebels against foreign rules. Thanks to Britishers for their suppressing and looting policies. Salute to 60,0000 Indian who was killed by Britishers for 6000 British casualties.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thank you for taking the time to comment

    • @surajbiradar9827
      @surajbiradar9827 Рік тому +4

      Dude, you have a very binary view of history which is far from the truth!!.
      I suggest you study history by reading primary sources and not on narratives. Lack of depth of knowledge shows in your round figure numbers.
      Investigate why the rani of jhasi joined the rebellion after a whole year and only after the negotiations on doctrine of lapse failed.

    • @amitmangsulikar7153
      @amitmangsulikar7153 Рік тому +1

      @@surajbiradar9827 East India Company official backed by British parliament harassed kings, nawab, Native Soldiers , as well as farmers artisan. As well as trying to hurt religious sentiments. .It was cause uprising against British

    • @surajbiradar9827
      @surajbiradar9827 Рік тому +1

      @@amitmangsulikar7153 This seems like a movie dialogue and not history which is more nuaanced hahha. I suggest you read the book 'False allies' by Manu s Pillai on this topic.

    • @linux9846
      @linux9846 Рік тому +1

      Mutiny to bring Mughals back in Power .....hahaha, no wonder Punjab didnt support the Mutiny

  • @jenniferleaf9239
    @jenniferleaf9239 Рік тому

    Excellent !

  • @davidfoster2459
    @davidfoster2459 Рік тому

    Did the young officer named Roberts go on to become Field marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar?
    I have a copy of his book "My 41 years in India" fascinating reading.

  • @jakehopkinson2031
    @jakehopkinson2031 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful presentation, thank you.

  • @banerjeesiddharth05
    @banerjeesiddharth05 Рік тому

    Very nice video

  • @darrencopson9334
    @darrencopson9334 Рік тому

    Fantastic video

  • @wuffothewonderdog
    @wuffothewonderdog Рік тому

    The King's Royal Rifle Corps Association still celebrates the Siege with an annual Delhi Day Lunch in September in London. If you once wore the badge come and meet old comrades.

  • @MAXSAUM7
    @MAXSAUM7 7 місяців тому +1

    This is known as First War of Independence in India. Although it didn't end the british empire but it was the start of end of british empire in India.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for watching my video

    • @MAXSAUM7
      @MAXSAUM7 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TheHistoryChap Welcome, Can you please make a video on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

  • @rextucker3184
    @rextucker3184 Рік тому

    18:05 One look at the bloody handprint and I know exactly where this is. I believe there's a well located somewhere nearby.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +1

      and here is the story:
      ua-cam.com/video/MJyRJlcSxQ8/v-deo.html

    • @rextucker3184
      @rextucker3184 Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryChap Hail and well met, brother. Well done.

  • @drdr73
    @drdr73 Рік тому

    Actually the vellore mutiny on 10july1806 was the first mutiny / rebellion .lasted one day.maj gen sir hugh robert rollo gillespie led the counterattack.

  • @deaddocreallydeaddoc5244
    @deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Рік тому

    I'm surprised that you did not speak of the cause of the rebellion. I have heard two causes aside from a basic desire to reassert the Mogul Empire, not a very likely motivator alone. One cause was that initially, British soldiers had served alone, and the locals came to rely on the money families made from supplying the soldiers and officers with surrogate wives, who many reports say were "quite delightful," in many ways. The British wives back in England learned of this arrangement eventually and insisted on accompanying their men to India. This deprived many Indian families of a steady income and was highly resented. Second, and very importantly, the rumor was spread that the British were lubricating their ordinance, bullets, and cannon balls with pig grease. This, according to "Mr. Kipling's Army" was the final spark that set off the revolt. The force behind this was a religious resentment of the Christian presence in India. This is why so many women and children, and the general attack on Christians was made. Summarizing it as a kind of Indian Fight for Independence is a cheap dodge and not worthy of a historian who wants to report the truth.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      At 24 seconds into this video I mention that this is the second in my series and that you might want to watch the first video to find out how and when it started. Here's the link ua-cam.com/video/oWiHjXCm8dI/v-deo.html

  • @michael5265
    @michael5265 Рік тому

    The thing I've wondered about was, did any crews on the indiamen mutiny?? Be fascinating to know

  • @lancemcclung3991
    @lancemcclung3991 Рік тому

    Was Subadar Major a post 1857 development in the British Indian Army?

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Not that I am aware of.

    • @doge1995
      @doge1995 Рік тому

      It's a very over from old Indian posts like Jamadar, Naik, Subedar etc. But don't get confused by "Major", as these were all NCOs (one advantage of British not letting Indians become commissioned officers was leaderless rebels promoting dismally here)... Also those ranks still exists for NCOs of today's Indian Army.

  • @amotaba
    @amotaba Рік тому

    do you intend to bring to the channel the opium wars this year?

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +2

      Yes, I’m intending to. Going where other historians dare not tread.

  • @beachboy0505
    @beachboy0505 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video 📹
    DELETE DELHI
    Waiting
    Not looking forward to thr next video, ..wonder what's going to happen.

  • @1davidpeter
    @1davidpeter Рік тому +1

    The Indian Mutiny was always the way it was known.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      I’ve seen Victorian memorial tablets with the words Sepoy Mutiny and also Sepoy rebellion.

  • @starlightlake9666
    @starlightlake9666 Рік тому

    1858 the Direct rule of the British Crown began after dissolution of the East India Company as a result of 1857 uprising. From 1858 queen Victoria was known as Empress of India just to be clear.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thanks for taking the time to comment.

    • @wuffothewonderdog
      @wuffothewonderdog Рік тому +1

      On leaving school in 1949 my brother began working in the Paymaster General's Office in Whitehall. he found that they were still paying pensions to widows of Officers who had been serving in the East India Company and had been granted pensions when the EIC had been dissolved in 1858. Some of these men had been still alive in the 1920s and, either widowed or unmarried, had married young women purely to give them an income since they were unlikely to marry due to the carnage of young men in the Great War.

  • @knutclau705
    @knutclau705 Рік тому

    The most striking fact of all the Indian campaigns is, to my mind, how so very few european troops could defeat so very vast superiour numbers of indian troops (even when trained by european officers, french, swiss or even the odd german...), the minié or enfield rifles might have a certain impact (as against the smoothbore muskets in the crimean war), but how could,say, the stand of "Mac Leods men" (pipe tune) of the 42nd (with ca 60 highlanders against 2000/4000 sepoys) be explained? As a reenactor of the 79th Camerons (Napoleonic) and the 79th New York Highlanders (ACW) I took some effort to get hold of the original campaign medals to portray a british veteran and indeed had the "gongs" for the crimean war (alma, sebastopol AND balaclava clasp of a cameron highlander! turkish crimean war medal and Indian Mutiny medal (RA) plus a - definitely undeserved! - good conduct medal (1870'ies) 78th highlanders) to grace my pipers tunic... also a tulwar and a cossacks shaska, taken as "battlefield souveniers" to prove my veterans tales to yon ga'pin' yankee greenhorns (nothing beats a stirring story...😂) The medals went to the regimental museum at Fort George after my reenactment days, of course, where they belonged. The swords still decorate the walls of the "kleines Kneiplokal" of my students fraternity, I hope...

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

    • @doge1995
      @doge1995 Рік тому +3

      Indian had no officer corps... Everyone was British. Last proper resistance was offered by Marathas & Sikhs. These guys were like NCOs trying to lead brigades & with no experience fucking up at every level.

    • @knutclau705
      @knutclau705 Рік тому +1

      @@doge1995 Weeeell, yes, that's a good point! But the non "honourable" india company troops, those of the indian rulers, were a: superior in numbers and b: commanded by their own officers?! The only reason for the mutinies failure was obviously a lack of determination at the indian princes to go full force and rapidly against the british, certainly on account of the meerut rebellion coming as a surprise for both sides, communication and coordination being all important... Yet the british covered themselves not quite in glory either! And if more of India had risen... Again, the performance of so few british troops was extraordinary!

    • @knutclau705
      @knutclau705 Рік тому

      Please to consider my opinion, that the whole business of europe and her colonies was a total outrage... No nation should conquer and exploit any other! This is one planet and one human species, both should prosper together...

    • @doge1995
      @doge1995 Рік тому +1

      @@knutclau705 It's societal. The "own officers" were hereditary nobility, at that point a cesspool of incompetence & debauchery... compare with Saddam's army at Iraq, not Napoleanic British culture.
      Adding to that Indians obsession with the"old way". Military tech & tactics innovation was at ZERO.
      Lastly the biggest factor... unlike today, Europeans were not seen as an outsider entity so much. They'd been here as traders & owers of factory (little county-size parcels of land given to them) & mercenaries for some 500 years.

  • @hirakjoytidhar7916
    @hirakjoytidhar7916 Рік тому

    Make a video on third battle of Panipat in India

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      Looks like one heck of a battle. I would need some help with pronunciations. If you’d be up for that please email me via my website: www.thehistorychap.com

  • @chapers04
    @chapers04 Рік тому +13

    I greatly enjoy your stories of the colonial era. I visit India often and have many friends there. They seem to hold Britain in great respect which I find odd given the current narrative. They are less keen on the Russians who bribe their corrupt politicians. Things I guess never change.

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому +3

      Thanks for taking the time to comment.

    • @harshitthakural3262
      @harshitthakural3262 Рік тому

      Don't worry about us Indians who are rapidly advancing in power and prosperity rather worry about your irrelevant small country which is an American vassal state 😂,and yaar we are pals with the Russians who helped us against you Brits in 1971 war . You have any problem with it?

    • @Jenifer_G
      @Jenifer_G Рік тому

      Must be kidding. Any Indian knowing their history would see the arrogant British for what they are. Very evil episode of the British arrogance.

    • @Lassisvulgaris
      @Lassisvulgaris Рік тому +1

      @@harshitthakural3262 Exactly. What did the British ever do for you, except hospitals, infrastructure, roads, railroads, ports, civil servce, judicial systems and banking...?

    • @harshitthakural3262
      @harshitthakural3262 Рік тому

      @@Lassisvulgaris we could have had our own meiji restoration under maratha empire but you b@stards had to butt in

  • @kamthangchangsan7039
    @kamthangchangsan7039 Рік тому +2

    I called it the revolt of 1857

    • @TheHistoryChap
      @TheHistoryChap  Рік тому

      There are so many different names for it. Type in any of them into Google and you will get some sort of answer.