highlanders capturing guns at Siege of Cawnpore Indian rebellion of 1857 British Kanpur rebel - Stock

In the 19th century, Kawanpur was an important British Gordon with barracks for 7,000 soldiers. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, under the command of Nana Sahib Peshwa, 900 British men, women and children were surrounded by the rebels in the fortification for 22 days. They surrendered to the agreement that the nearest Sati Chaura Ghat would get a safe route, where they would be barb and they would be allowed to go to Allahabad near the river.

Although the controversy that happened on the Satara Chaura Ghat, and the first shot was fired, it is known that soon afterwards, the farewell British were shot by rebel soldiers and they were either killed or captured Been done. Some British officials later claimed that the rebels, on purpose, kept the boats high in the mud as possible, causing the delay. They also claimed that the camp of Nana Sahib had set on fire the first rebels and killed all the Britishers. Although the East India Company later accused Nana Sahib of betrayal and murder, Nana Sahib has not found any evidence to prove that the massacre was pre-planned or massacred. Some historians believe that the Sati Chaura Ghat massacre was the result of confusion, not of any plans implemented by Nana Sahib and its allies. Lieutenant Mobrey Thompson, one of the four male survivors of the massacre, believed that the rank and file cop who had talked to him, did not know about the assassination.