*] Pandey, it began in the northern city of Meerut.
During this conflict, Colin Campbell relieved troops whose commander, Henry Lawrence, had died defending a Residency during the Siege of Lucknow. Supported by a female ruler who refused to give up the kingdom of Jhansi, and inspired in part by the failed suicide of Mangal [*] Pandey, it began in the northern city of Meerut. Participants had bitten cartridges lubricated with cow and pig lard in their new Enfield rifles. Leading to the restoration and deposition of Bahadur Shah II, for 10 points, name this event which led to Britain obtaining India as a crown colony in 1857, a rebellion by a namesake group of Islamic warriors.
During this conflict, Colin Campbell relieved troops whose commander, Henry Lawrence, had died defending a Residency during the Siege of Lucknow.
{Sepoy} Mutiny [or {Sepoy} Rebellion, or {Indian} Mutiny, or {Indian Rebellion} of 1857; accept equivalents]