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==Events==
==Events==
Continuation of the Indian Rebellion of 1857:
* National income - {{INR}}12,279 million
*January – General Sir [[Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn|Hugh Rose]] begins the Central India campaign; Sir Colin Campbell begins the campaign to recapture Lucknow; trial of Bahadur Shah, King of Delhi, from 27 January<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 141</ref>
*January – General Sir [[Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn|Hugh Rose]] begins the Central India campaign; Sir Colin Campbell begins the campaign to recapture Lucknow; trial of Bahadur Shah, King of Delhi, from 27 January<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 141</ref>
*February – General Rose relieves Saugor; Campbell's Army of Oudh assembles on the Kanpur-Lucknow road to await Jang Bahadur's Gurkha army
*February – General Rose relieves Saugor; Campbell's Army of Oudh assembles on the Kanpur-Lucknow road to await Jang Bahadur's Gurkha army
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*June – Gwalior army deserts to the rebels and [[Tatya Tope]] and the [[Rani Lakshmibai|Rani of Jhansi]] seize Gwalior; General Rose marches from the Kalpi to Gwalior arriving on the 16th; next day the battle of Kotah-i-Serai and on the 19th the Battle of Gwalior; Gwalior fortress recaptured; during June guerrilla forces in Oudh, Bihar and along the Nepalese frontier are suppressed
*June – Gwalior army deserts to the rebels and [[Tatya Tope]] and the [[Rani Lakshmibai|Rani of Jhansi]] seize Gwalior; General Rose marches from the Kalpi to Gwalior arriving on the 16th; next day the battle of Kotah-i-Serai and on the 19th the Battle of Gwalior; Gwalior fortress recaptured; during June guerrilla forces in Oudh, Bihar and along the Nepalese frontier are suppressed
*July to December – suppression of guerrilla forces except in Rajputana and Central India
*July to December – suppression of guerrilla forces except in Rajputana and Central India
*August - [[Government of India Act 1858]]
*October to November – Bahadur Shah travels from Delhi into exile at Rangoon<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 143</ref>
*October to November – Bahadur Shah travels from Delhi into exile at Rangoon<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 143</ref>
*1 November – the end of the [[British East India Company]]'s rule in India is proclaimed<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 145</ref>
*1 November – the end of the [[British East India Company]]'s rule in India is proclaimed<ref>Edwardes (1975), p. 145</ref>
==Law==
*August - [[Government of India Act 1858]]


==Births==
==Births==
*20 July - [[Baba Sawan Singh]], Second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 2 April 1948).
*9 July – [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal]]  (died 12 May 1930)  
*9 July – [[Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal]]  (died 12 May 1930)  
*7 November – [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] (died [[1932 in India|1932]])  
*7 November – [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] (died [[1932 in India|1932]])