Légende

Stables at "Metcalfe House" where a picket was stationed during Siege of 1857, (1858). The Indian Mutiny of 1857-58 was a widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India begun by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company. It began in Meerut and then spread to Delhi, Agra, Cawnpore, and Lucknow. Metcalfe House is the name given to two residential houses built in the 19th century in Delhi; one is near Old Delhi Civil Lines and the other is in Mehrauli, South Delhi. They were built by Sir Thomas Metcalfe (1795-1853), a civil servant, when he was the Governor General's last British resident (agent) at the Mughal court of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Date

1858

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_022

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,0Mo (1,6Mo) / 40,3cm x 33,5cm / 4764 x 3959 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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