The Mutiny through monuments

Outside of history books and personal accounts, the saga of the bloody uprising of 1857 can be revisited through the buildings that bore the brunt of the revolt or came up as a result of it.

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One way of going back 160 years to that tumultuous time is through the 1857 Mutiny Trail, a three-hour 15-minute curated walk organised by India City Walks (www.indiacitywalks.com), where you discover the physical aftermath of India’s first war of independence. Among the significant sites that were part of the uprising and that are covered by such history walks, are:

Nicholson’s Grave

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