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1857, Indian Rebellion
A widespread rebellion across northern and central India against the oppressive rule of the British East India Company. It started with mutinies of Indian soldiers in the East India Company's armies, and escalated into widespread social uprising, including an attempt to reinstate Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Mughal emperor, as the effective ruler of India. The rebellion was suppressed with spectacular violence by the British governments in India and Britain, and ended with mass executions and exile, including of the last Mughal emperor, to Burma.
1859, Installation of the equestrian statue of Henry Hardinge in Kolkata, India
1906, Installation of the statue of John Nicholson in Delhi, India
1914, Installation of the Horatio Kitchener statue in Kolkata, India
1915, Installation of the statue of Alexander Taylor in Delhi
1935, Installation of the statue of Rufus Isaacs in Delhi, India
1956, Removal of the statues of John Nicholson and Alexander Taylor in Delhi
The statues of Nicholson and Taylor were removed and placed into storage out of fears they would be damaged ahead of the centennial celebrations of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.