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From Meerut to  On 29 March 1857, Mangal Pandey, a young soldier was hanged to
Delhi death for attacking his officers in Barrack pore and soldiers also
rebelled against the use of greased cartridges.

 In response to this revolt, soldiers were captured and were put in jail.

 The response of the other Indian soldiers in Meerut was quite
extraordinary, they marched to the jail to Meerut and released the
imprisoned sepoys.
 The sepoys rode all night of 10 May to reach Delhi.

 The regiments stationed in Delhi also rose up in rebellion and many
British officers were killed, arms and ammunition seized, buildings set
on fire.
 The soldiers forcibly met Bahadur Shah Zafar and proclaimed him as
their leader.

 Bahadur Shah accepted the rebellion’s plea & called regional rulers to
fight against British.

The rebellion
spreads  After the British were routed from Delhi there was no uprising for
almost a week. Then a spurt of mutinies began.

 Regiment after Regiment mutinied and took off to join other troops at
nodal points like Delhi, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
 One by one the rebel spread to entire northern India lead be different
leaders such as Nana Saheb of Kanpur, BirjisQadr of Lucknow and his
mother Begum Hazrat Mahal, Rani Lakshmibai took as active part in
organizing the uprising against the British.
 The whole scene frightened the British & they started changing notes
of fear.

 The regional rulers allied with Mughal ruler as they thought that this
way they can restore their authority to rule which was not possible
under British administration