William Stephen Raikes Hodson
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title:
William Stephen Raikes Hodson
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William Stephen Raikes Hodson was a British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, commonly referred to as the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny. He was known as "Hodson of Hodson's Horse". His most celebrated action was to apprehend Bahadur Shah II, the Mughal king of Delhi. The following day Hodson rode to the enemy camp, heavily outnumbered by the rebels, and demanded the surrender of the Mughal princes who were leading the rebellion around Delhi and subsequent
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British soldier (1821–1858)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Raikes_Hodson
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2005-03-26T11:58:03Z
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2024-09-04T10:47:36Z
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