Murree rebellion of 1857

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The 1857 War of Independence in Murree, part of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (better known as the Indian Mutiny), was a minor conflict between the tribes surrounding the hill station of Murree (now Pakistan) and the colonial government of British India^[1] The local tribes had become angry with the British ever since the British had started their colonial rule in the area.

Today Murree is part of Pakistan but in 1857 it was part of British India, ever since the British rule began in India there had been rebellions and wars against the British. However, in 1857 rebellions broke out in many different places, Murree being one of these places. People thought the rule of the British was about to be overthrown. In the Murree hills it was the Dhund Abbasi and Karlal tribes who rose up against the British.^[2]

1. ↑ Addleton, Jonathan S. (2002). Some Far and Distant Place. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820324586.
2. ↑ William Wilson, Hunter. "History". The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 21. James Sutherland Cotton, Richard Burn, William Stevenson Meyer, Great Britain India Office.