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	'''Flagstaff Tower''' is a one-room, castellated tower, built around 1828 as a [[signal tower]], located in [[Delhi ridge\|Kamla Nehru Ridge]] near the present-day North Campus of [[Delhi University]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Flagstaff Tower, Old Delhi.\|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/27.html\|publisher=victorianweb.org\|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref> It was here that many Europeans and their families sheltered on 11 May 1857, during the [[Siege of Delhi]] by the rebels at the beginning of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian rebellion of that year]],<ref name=hin>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3761503.ece\|title=DU plans a heritage walk through the Ridge\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=13 August 2012\|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Tales of the ridge monuments \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3696396.ece \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=29 July 2012 \|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref> waiting for help to arrive from nearby [[Meerut]]. <ref name=jo>[[#Jo\|Jones, p. 203]]</ref> Built by the [[British Indian Army]], the building was part of the British cantonment and was used as a signal tower. Before forestation started in 1910, the area where the tower was built was the highest point on the ridge and was mostly barren, covered with low-lying shrub. Today it is a memorial and "protected monument" under [[ Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name=hin/>		'''Flagstaff Tower''' is a one-room, castellated tower, built around 1828 as a [[Signalling control\|signal tower]], located in [[Delhi ridge\|Kamla Nehru Ridge]] near the present-day North Campus of [[Delhi University]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Flagstaff Tower, Old Delhi.\|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/27.html\|publisher=victorianweb.org\|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref> It was here that many Europeans and their families sheltered on 11 May 1857, during the [[Siege of Delhi]] by the rebels at the beginning of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857\|Indian rebellion of that year]],<ref name=hin>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3761503.ece\|title=DU plans a heritage walk through the Ridge\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=13 August 2012\|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Tales of the ridge monuments \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3696396.ece \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=29 July 2012 \|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref> waiting for help to arrive from nearby [[Meerut]]. <ref name=jo>[[#Jo\|Jones, p. 203]]</ref> Built by the [[British Indian Army]], the building was part of the British cantonment and was used as a signal tower. Before forestation started in 1910, the area where the tower was built was the highest point on the ridge and was mostly barren, covered with low-lying shrub. Today it is a memorial and "protected monument" under [[ Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name=hin/>

			The monument is still preserved and in very good condition. This [[cemetery]], where the few [[British Empire\|British]] who fell during the uprising are buried with their leader, [[Brigadier]] [[John Nicholson (East India Company officer)\|John Nicholson]], is now that well preserved that a Britain's [[High commissioner\|High Commissioner]], Mr. Michael Arthur, who once helped in the restoration and repairing of the cemetery thought that it surpassed many of the cemeteries in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]], with its beautiful glimpse of the history of the year 1857.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Smith\|first=R. v\|date=2012-07-29\|title=Tales of the ridge monuments\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/tales-of-the-ridge-monuments/article3696396.ece\|access-date=2021-09-30\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

	[[File:1858 Delhi flag tower.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, in 1858]]		[[File:1858 Delhi flag tower.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, in 1858]]
			[[File:Flagstaff Tower 4.jpg\|thumb\|Flagstaff Tower]]
	Flagstaff Tower played an important role during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], when Delhi was [[Siege_of_Delhi#Capture of Delhi by the rebels\|captured by the rebellious East India Company forces]]. On the morning of 11 May 1857, when the [[sepoys]] started hunting for and killing European personnel and Christian Indians in the Cantonment, [[Civil Lines]] and the [[walled city of Delhi]], the survivors started fleeing towards the Tower.		Flagstaff Tower played an important role during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], when Delhi was [[Siege_of_Delhi#Capture of Delhi by the rebels\|captured by the rebellious East India Company forces]]. On the morning of 11 May 1857, when the [[sepoys]] started hunting for and killing European personnel and Christian Indians in the Cantonment, [[Civil Lines]] and the [[walled city of Delhi]], the survivors started fleeing towards the Tower.

	A month later the Company army returned to capture Delhi, which was now with the sepoys. On 7 June, they faced stiff resistance from the sepoys at the Flagstaff Tower. A fierce battle followed which led to the killing and wounding of a great number of soldiers. However, by five in the evening the ridge had been recaptured and was now under British control.		A month later the Company army returned to capture [[Delhi]], which was now with the sepoys. On 7 June, they faced stiff resistance from the sepoys at the Flagstaff Tower. A fierce battle followed which led to the killing and wounding of a great number of soldiers. However, by five in the evening the ridge had been recaptured and was now under British control.

			== Architecture ==
			Inside the tower, which is locked, there is a circular room that can hold a crowd of up to a hundred people. It resembles a mini [[Fortification\|fort]] but not that safe. In recent times some parts of the tower have been ruined due to people having scribbled on its wall. Before [[forestation]] in the year 1910, the area where the tower was built was the point on the [[ridge]] and was mostly [[Barren Earth\|barren]] and covered with small-sized [[Shrub\|shrubs]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=City\|first=So\|date=2017-09-24\|title=Built By The British As A Signal Tower, Have You Noticed The Flagstaff Tower On Kamla Nehru Ridge?\|url=https://so.city/delhi/article/built-by-the-british-as-a-signal-tower-have-you-noticed-the-flagstaff-tower-on-kamla-nehru-ridge\|access-date=2021-09-30\|website=So City\|language=en}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
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	* {{cite book \|title=The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58: Untold Stories, Indian and British\|author=Rosie Llewellyn-Jones\|publisher= Boydell & Brewer\|year=2007\|isbn=~~1843833042~~ \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDLah61DFW4C&~~printsec=frontcover&dq~~=flagstaff+tower+delhi~~#v=onepage&q=flagstaff%20tower%20delhi&f=false~~ \|ref=Jo }}		* {{cite book \|title=The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58: Untold Stories, Indian and British\|author=Rosie Llewellyn-Jones\|publisher= Boydell & Brewer\|year=2007\|isbn=978-1843833048 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDLah61DFW4C&q=flagstaff+tower+delhi \|ref=Jo }}
	* {{cite book \|title=The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857\|author=William Dalrymple\|publisher= Penguin Viking\|year=2006\|isbn=0670999253 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ln11sxANjTkC&dq=The+last+mughal\|ref=Da}}		* {{cite book \|title=The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857\|author=William Dalrymple\|publisher= Penguin Viking\|year=2006\|isbn=0670999253 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ln11sxANjTkC&q=The+last+mughal\|ref=Da}}
	* [http://wikimapia.org/7744185/Flagstaff-Tower Flagstaff Tower] at [[wikimapia]]		* [http://wikimapia.org/7744185/Flagstaff-Tower Flagstaff Tower] at [[wikimapia]]

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{{short description|19th-century signal tower in Kamla Nehru Ridge, Delhi, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
[[File:Flag Staff Tower.JPG|right|thumb|Flag Staff Tower.]]
'''Flagstaff Tower''' is a one-room, castellated tower, built around 1828 as a [[signal tower]], located in [[Delhi ridge|Kamla Nehru Ridge]] near the present-day North Campus of [[Delhi University]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Flagstaff Tower, Old Delhi.|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/27.html|publisher=victorianweb.org|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref> It was here that many Europeans and their families sheltered on 11 May 1857, during the [[Siege of Delhi]] by the rebels at the beginning of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian rebellion of that year]],<ref name=hin>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3761503.ece|title=DU plans a heritage walk through the Ridge|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 August 2012|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tales of the ridge monuments |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article3696396.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 July 2012 |access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref> waiting for help to arrive from nearby [[Meerut]]. <ref name=jo>[[#Jo|Jones, p. 203]]</ref> Built by the [[British Indian Army]], the building was part of the British cantonment and was used as a signal tower. Before forestation started in 1910, the area where the tower was built was the highest point on the ridge and was mostly barren, covered with low-lying shrub. Today it is a memorial and "protected monument" under [[ Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name=hin/>

== History ==

[[File:1858 Delhi flag tower.jpg|thumb|right|The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, in 1858]]
Flagstaff Tower played an important role during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], when Delhi was [[Siege_of_Delhi#Capture of Delhi by the rebels|captured by the rebellious East India Company forces]]. On the morning of 11 May 1857, when the [[sepoys]] started hunting for and killing European personnel and Christian Indians in the Cantonment, [[Civil Lines]] and the [[walled city of Delhi]], the survivors started fleeing towards the Tower.

A month later the Company army returned to capture Delhi, which was now with the sepoys. On 7 June, they faced stiff resistance from the sepoys at the Flagstaff Tower. A fierce battle followed which led to the killing and wounding of a great number of soldiers. However, by five in the evening the ridge had been recaptured and was now under British control.

== See also ==
* [[Siege of Cawnpore]]
* [[Siege of Delhi]]
* [[Siege of Lucknow]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commonscat}}
* {{cite book |title=The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58: Untold Stories, Indian and British|author=Rosie Llewellyn-Jones|publisher= Boydell & Brewer|year=2007|isbn=1843833042 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDLah61DFW4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=flagstaff+tower+delhi#v=onepage&q=flagstaff%20tower%20delhi&f=false |ref=Jo }}
* {{cite book |title=The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857|author=William Dalrymple|publisher= Penguin Viking|year=2006|isbn=0670999253 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ln11sxANjTkC&dq=The+last+mughal|ref=Da}}
* [http://wikimapia.org/7744185/Flagstaff-Tower Flagstaff Tower] at [[wikimapia]]

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