The British judgment was not well received by the soldiers' colleagues as they felt the British were being unfair to the soldiers who were loyal to them for more than a decade and some who had served them for over 20 years.
On May 10, some of the soldiers felt things had reached a head, and the British had no right to rule them and interfere with their religion and customs.
They revolted first by liberating 85 of their colleagues who were in jail and then, went on to kill all British officers who came in their way.
They left for Delhi, liberated it from the British and named Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Mughal king, as their leader.
After four months, in September 1857 they lost the war to the British and all those revolted were sentenced to death.
Bahadur Shah Zafar was sent into exile in Burma where he died in 1862.
Image: The Victoria Park monument in honour of the 85 Indian soldiers who revolted against the British
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