Tag: vellore mutiny
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July 10 in history: Vellore Mutiny against East India Company
1040: Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes. 1212: London fire burns most of the city. 1800: The British set up Fort William College in Calcutta to promote Urdu, Hindi and other languages. 1806: The Vellore Mutiny when Indian sepoys rose against the…