Sepoy recruitment was from certain classes or castes. Their cause did not attract large scale support of peasantry.
The sepoys were a professional soldier class consisting of high caste Hindus and Muslim zamindars while common and lowe caste Hindus as well as most of the princely states remained loyal.
British Tornado fighter jets are being retired after 40 years in service. The Tornado entered service with the RAF in 1979 and for years formed its vanguard, participating in combat operations during the Gulf wars, against Saddam Husseins Iraq, in operations in Kosovo, and more recently against the
MARIGNY (Enguerrand de) (Lyons-la-Forêt, circa 1260 - Paris, 1315.) Advisor to Philippe le Bel. Having come to the Court at a very young age, cultured and intelligent, Enguerrand de Marigny knew how to win the good graces of Philippe IV le Bel.The latters wife, Jeanne de Navarre, from whom he was na
Henry William Paget (May 17, 1768 – April 29, 1854), 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, more generally known as Lord Uxbridge, was a British officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. One of the strangest objects in the co
Nowadays for us (in Europe) the use of toilet paper is completely natural. We only think about it if someone forgot to change the empty roll. But toilet paper in the Middle Ages or even in antiquity - did that exist? And what were the alternatives? We took a look at the historic latrines. The first