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Avadh during the Revolt of 1857 became the symbolic and strategic heart of the uprising. From the siege of Lucknow to the stand at Fort Ruia and uprisings in Hardoi, the region saw some of the most fiercely contested chapters of the rebellion.

From the fall of Allahabad to the massacres in Kanpur and the burnings at Bithoor, explore how the 1857 Rebellion unfolded across the Allahabad to Kanpur corridor - one of the bloodiest and most defining chapters of India’s First War of Independence.

Explore what unfolded in Agra during the 1857 revolt, as rebellion swept through the North-Western Provinces, from early mutinies to the siege of Agra Fort and the British fight to reclaim control.