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INDIA-BRITAIN-POLITICS
An Indian altar attendant lights a candle prior to the start of a service at St. James's Church in New Delhi, 06 May 2007. Concecrated in 1836 St. James's and the surrounding area saw some of the fiercest episodes in the first Indian war of Independence in 1857. Celebrations are underway in India to commemerate the 150th anniversary of the first Indian war of Independence in 1857 - a bloody revolt which was spurred by rumours that the British were introducing bullets greased with cow and pig fat, which upset both Hindus and Muslims for religious reasons. The British crushed the revolt after four months, captured Delhi and exiled the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon, (now the Myanmar city of Yangon) where he died in captivity five years later. The revolt ended the British East India Company's rule in India, making way for direct rule by the British government till 1947, when the country gained independence AFP PHOTO/Nicholas BRADLEY
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New Delhi, INDIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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NICHOLAS BRADLEY |
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6 Mai 2007 |
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