Cawnpore massacre
1857 · Event
Rebel forces massacre the surrendered British garrison and civilians at Kanpur — a notorious episode of the rebellion.
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- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
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- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- British Raj (1858)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206)
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