Colin Campbell
Also called: Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde · Topic: The Revolt of 1857 · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 2 "Rebels and the Raj"
Meaning
Sir Colin Campbell was made Commander-in-Chief of British forces in India during the revolt of 1857. He is best known for rescuing the British besieged in the Lucknow Residency. He then led the reconquest of Awadh, which was subdued only in March 1858. He was later made Lord Clyde. British painters showed him as one of the "saviours" of 1857.
Example
Outram and Havelock broke into the Residency on 25 September 1857. Campbell's reinforcements came after them and completed the rescue. On his way in, his troops stormed Secundrah (Sikandar) Bagh and killed more than 2,000 rebel sepoys, a scene Felice Beato photographed in 1858. Thomas Jones Barker's painting "Relief of Lucknow" (1859) shows Campbell at the centre with Outram and Havelock.
Don't confuse with
- Henry Lawrence: he was the Commissioner who gathered the British into the Residency and was killed during the siege. Campbell came later and rescued them.
Related concepts
- Relief of Lucknow
- James Outram
- Henry Havelock
- Sikandar Bagh
- In Memoriam painting
- Punch
- British Lion's Vengeance on the Bengal Tiger
- Clemency of Canning
- Blowing from guns
- Felice Beato