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Blowing of rebel Sepoys from guns at Ferozepur
December 31, 1856
Mirza Firuz Shah
Military
Bahadur Shah II 1837–1857
Blowing of rebel Sepoys from guns at Ferozepur
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The 45th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry broke into open rebellion at Ferozepur on 18 May 1857. The Sepoys who were captured were sentenced to death by a court-martial. The executions were carried out on 13 June and ten of the prisoners were blown from guns. The Sepoys, according to eye-witness accounts, did not show any signs of fear when facing death.
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