Outraged by what they saw as religious persecution, the soldiers in Bengal mutinied and killed their British officers, and the insurrection quickly spread into the Ganges Valley and Central India.

• 孟加拉的士兵认为这是宗教迫害，十分愤怒，率先哗变，杀死他们的英国军官。叛乱很快就蔓延到恒河流域以及印度中部。