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How about changing the name "indian rebellion of 1857" to " the first was of indian independence LollipopGuys (talk) 12:55, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discused (and rejected) many times for every argument (you have added no new ones) see talk page archives. Slatersteven (talk) 12:57, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear what "talk page archives" is being referred to here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.1.21 (talk) 21:18, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the top and you will see "Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14". Slatersteven (talk) 11:35, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Civil war?

Why does "Indian civil war" redirect to this article. Calling the 1857 war a "civil war" while one could argue has some truth is some ways,it's still rather controversial in my opinion. Anonpriest (talk) 14:12, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Was there another one? Slatersteven (talk) 14:15, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

None as far as I know. Anonpriest (talk) 14:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then (assuming people are entering this search) this is what they would be looking for. Slatersteven (talk) 14:17, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have never heard anyone call this a civil war. It has always been called either a rebellion,mutiny or war of independence so I doubt anyone would be searching for this when thinking of an Indian civil war. However this is just a minor thing that I noticed so no problems if nothing is changed Anonpriest (talk) 14:22, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is a valid objection, if no one is us8ing it, why do we need it? So any defence of it form anyone?Slatersteven (talk) 14:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trans-Egypt route

@Fowler&fowler, I think one way to fit the bulk of my edit into the article is to simply find a part of the article describing British troop movements/composition, and mention that 5,000 of the troops came through Egypt. Is there any part of the article where that might seamlessly fit in? GreekApple123 (talk) 23:44, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add "Rai ahmad khan kharal" who led the the biggest civilian rebillion in South asia against bristish WarriorBlood1 (talk) 12:09, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sophisticatedevening ^(talk) 13:38, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History

Describe 1857 war 2405:201:1002:C810:5180:8DDA:BADA:C2C8 (talk) 08:52, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Err we do. Slatersteven (talk) 10:12, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add these two templates (Template:India_topics, Template:United_Kingdom_topics) into the navbox at the end of the page:

Agowa (talk) 17:57, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done The Indian rebellion cannot be templated with current links to one successor state to the British raj of 90 years later. Also, these links are not relevant. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]