Mysuru is a city in the foothills of the Chamundi Hills in the state of Karnataka in southern India. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore from the Middle Ages until 1956. It is home to the Ambavilas or Mysore Palace, the historic seat of the Wadiyar Dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore.
The Indian Rebellion or Uprising, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny, began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions. It was not contained until the fall of Gwalior on 20 June 1858. Image: Felice Beato, Print of the hanging of two rebels, 1858 (albumen silver print). This image is in the public domain in the United States because its copyright has expired.