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In 1857, Indians serving in the army of Britain’s East India Company, who were known as sepoys, had revolted over the seemingly innocuous issue of the ammunition used in their Enfield Pattern rifles.
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Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025
More recently, Tytler and his young wife, Harriet Tytler—she eight months pregnant, with two small children at her side—had narrowly escaped Delhi in 1857, when the sepoys, or Indian infantrymen, mutinied.
—Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
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Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025
More recently, Tytler and his young wife, Harriet Tytler—she eight months pregnant, with two small children at her side—had narrowly escaped Delhi in 1857, when the sepoys, or Indian infantrymen, mutinied.
—Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
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“Sepoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sepoy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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sepoy
noun
se·poy
ˈsē-ˌpȯi 
: an Indian soldier employed in the service of a European power
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