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jun 28, 1574 - India's First War for Indpendence breakouts

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Rumors spread among India native East India Company soldiers that firearm shell casings were greased with pig and cow fat: two animals that the Hindu and Muslim religions of the soldiers forbid them to eat. Soldiers break out in mutiny against their East India Company employer. The British come close to losing India.

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jun 28, 1574
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~ 451 years ago