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V40 #1 Spring The Journal for Collectors Volume 40 Number 1 Tradition of London Ltd 2016 $10.00 Traditional style soldiers for collectors. www.traditionoflondonshop.com The Indian Rebellion Toy Soldiers Set 1105 Painted or Unpainted The Indian Rebellion of 1857 refers to a rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company, that ran from May 1857 to June 1858. The rebellion began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company’s army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to present-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northern Madhya Pradesh, and the Delhi region. The rebellion posed a considerable threat to East India OLD TOY SOLDIER Company power in that region, and was contained only with the fall of Gwalior on 20 June 1858. The rebellion has been known IVERSA by many names, including India’s First War of Independence. N R N Y A Plate No.001 Uniforms of the British Army –The Grenadier Guards 1660 - I 1815 Part I ISSU E A3 Size: 297 x 420 mm U Plate made by Charles C. Stadden, Republished Published by; Norman Newton 124, New Bond ST. W.1 - Now; Tradition of London Ltd. Copyright Design All hand painted Toy Soldier sets packed in Red Boxes. Cast in quality white metal, hand painted gloss enamels. Available as unpainted casting/kit with colour photo. 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