Central India Campaign

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The Central India Campaign was a major British military operation during the Indian Rebellion of 1857–1858 aimed at suppressing rebel forces and reasserting colonial control across central India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military operation
event in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
military campaign
aftermath annexation and reorganization of several central Indian states
strengthening of direct British Crown control after 1858
belligerent Bengal Army loyalists
British Empire
British East India Company forces
surface form: East India Company forces
casusBelli widespread rebellion against British rule in 1857
commander Hugh Henry Rose
Sir Hugh Henry Rose
surface form: Sir Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn

Sir Robert Hamilton
Sir William Mansfield
conflict Indian Rebellion of 1857
countryInvolved United Kingdom
endTime 1859
historicalPeriod British Raj precursor period
historicalSignificance key role in ending large-scale military resistance in the Indian Rebellion of 1857
location Bundelkhand
Central India
Gwalior division
surface form: Gwalior region

Malwa
militaryFormationInvolved Bombay Army
surface form: Bombay Army units

Central India Field Force
Hyderabad Contingent
Madras Army
surface form: Madras Army units
notableEngagement Battle of Gwalior
surface form: Battle of Gwalior (1858)

Battle of Jhansi
Battle of Kalpi
Battle of Koonch
surface form: Battle of Kunch

Battle of Jhansi
surface form: Siege of Jhansi
objective reassertion of British colonial control in central India
suppression of rebel forces in central India
opposedBy Indian princely rebels
forces of Rani Lakshmibai
forces of Tatya Tope
rebel sepoys
participant Gwalior Contingent
Rani Lakshmibai
surface form: Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi

Rao Sahib
Tatya Tope
partOf Indian Rebellion of 1857
result British victory
collapse of organized rebel resistance in central India
consolidation of British rule in central India
startTime 1858
theatreOfWar Central India Campaign self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central India theatre of the Indian Rebellion of 1857

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Battle of Jhansi partOf Central India Campaign
Central India Field Force theatreOfOperations Central India Campaign
this entity surface form: Central India campaign of 1858
Central India Campaign theatreOfWar Central India Campaign self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Central India theatre of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Hugh Rose notableFor Central India Campaign
this entity surface form: Central India campaign
Hugh Rose participatedIn Central India Campaign
this entity surface form: Central India campaign
Lord Ellenborough notableEvent Central India Campaign
this entity surface form: Gwalior Campaign
Kotah-ki-Serai, near Gwalior associatedWith Central India Campaign
subject surface form: Kotah-ki-Serai
this entity surface form: Gwalior campaign of 1858
Capture of Asirgarh Fort partOfCampaign Central India Campaign
this entity surface form: British central India campaign